Timing of cessation of breeding in forest voles depending on climatic factors after large-scale windfall damage to forests in the Middle Urals

Rodents, voles in particular, are typical strategists. Therefore, the length of the breeding period is of special significance for them, since high mortality at other phases of the population cycle, especially in the winter season, is not counterbalanced by population recruitment processes. It is relevant to consider the results of continuous stationary studies performed over many years on the western macroslope of the Central Ural Mountains, in the zone with a sharply continental climate and a short snow free season.