Water Vole (Arvicola Amphibius) at the Confluence of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers in 2004–2022
https://doi.org/10.26105/SSPU.2022.81.6.018
Abstract
There are natural foci of tularaemia in the floodplains of the major rivers of Ugra (Ob and Irtysh). The water vole is the main reservoir of tularaemia infection. Water vole populations show considerable variability, from mass reproduction to almost complete elimination.
The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in numbers of water voles, and their consequences.
Material for analysis was collected during surveys carried out in 2004–2022. Voles were captured using standard zoological methods (pitfall trenches, driving fences, trap-lines).
It was found that water vole abundance peaked in 2013, after which it began to decline and in 2015–2022 it was practically not found in collections. The year 2013 was characterised by an epidemic outbreak of tularaemia among the population (1005 people were infected) when water vole numbers peaked. In subsequent years, a sluggish epizootic of tularaemia among small mammals (the root vole, common muskrat, red-backed voles, shrews) was observed. There were no prerequisites for a spill of tularaemia infection.
About the Authors
V. P. Starikov
Surgut State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Starikov Vladimir Pavlovich - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology
A. V. Borodin
«Museum of Nature and Man»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Borodin Andrey Vladimirovich - Senior Researcher
Khanty-Mansiysk
K. A. Bernikov
Surgut State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Bernikov Kirill Aleksandrovich - PhD (Biological Sciences), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology
V. A. Petukhov
Surgut State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petukhov Vladimir Aleksandrovich - PhD (Biological Sciences), Senior Researcher
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Starikov V.P., Borodin A.V., Bernikov K.A., Petukhov V.A. Water Vole (Arvicola Amphibius) at the Confluence of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers in 2004–2022. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2022;(6 (81)):177-182. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26105/SSPU.2022.81.6.018
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