Chorological structure of the population of micromammals in mixed forest by the example of the Pustynsky wildlife reserve (the Nizhny Novgorod region)

The article deals with the results of the survey of the population of small mammals of the five plant associations in the Pustynsky wildlife reserve of the Arzamas district of the Nizhny Novgorod region in 2017. The abundance of micromammals in the Pustynsky wildlife reserve in 2017 was low, the index differs a lot in associations that is connected with the nature of vegetation in it. There is demonstrated that a small wood mouse is less plastic than a red-backed mouse in the context of the indexes of humidity and luminance by the example of the Pustynsky wildlife reserve.