Rodent Fauna of the Forest–Steppe Zone of European Russia
Journal: Arid Ecosystems
Year: 2025

The forest–steppe is an ecotone characterized by a combination of forest and steppe ecosystems. In the European part of Russia, there are three forest–steppe biomes: the Dnieper–Volga (forest–steppe part), Trans-Volga, and Crimean–Caucasian. All of them have now been largely transformed by man. One of the most important components of forest–steppe biocenoses is rodents. This work describes the fauna of rodents in the forest–steppe of the European part of Russia. A general list of rodent species