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Barbazyuk E.V. THE LITTLE BUSTARD POPULATION GROWTH AT THE EASTERN EXTREMITY OF ORENBURG REGIONThis paper addresses the case of gradual recovery of the Little Bustard population at the eastern extremity of the Orenburg Region (Russia) in recent years. The number of occurrences increased since 1994 (R² = 0.33; p = 0.0194). The maximum number of occurrences (11) was recorded in 2006. The maximum and average numbers of birds changed in intermittent manner with slightly rising tendency (R² = 0.44; p = 0.0054 and R² = 0.41; p = 0.0071, accordingly).Key words: Little Bustard, Tetrax tetrax L., abundance, reserve, Orenburg Region, Russia, Kazakhstan

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Author: Barbazyuk E.V.

Year: 2011

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Sergey Aleksandrovich
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