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The article presents information on biological and ecological features of the mole population in the Trostianets arboretum, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. Morphological features were studied based on morphometry and weighting of internal organs of 112 specimens. The diet was investigated based on stomach contents, and the absolute predominance of annelids was shown. It was shown on 12 soil transects (10 m long and 0.5 m deep) that the location of the mole’s underground tunnels corresponds to the horizons of the highest invertebrate density. There are 1.3 molehills for each running metre of soil transect, with an average depth of 18 cm (from 6 to 50 cm), and an average of 12–13 km of tunnels per one hectare of the park. |
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