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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DISTURBANCE FACTOR INFLUENCE ON THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE FORMATION OF THE GREAT BUSTARD (OTIS TARDA L.) (OTIDIDAE, AVES) POPULATION IN THE TRANS-VOLGA REGION

Authors: Oparin M. L., Kondratenkov I. A., Oparina O. S., Mamayev A. B., Tikhomirova E. I.

The paper examines the influence of the location of settlements, railroads and highways on the spatial structure of the Otis tarda population in the Trans-Volga region studied on a model area of 12,000 km², located in the southern part of the Saratov Trans-Volga region in 1998 – 2016.