The Current State of the Urban Population of the Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus L.) in Belgorod, Russia Author Lykov, Egor L. text Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 2025 2025-03-10 77 2 219 230 https://doi.org/10.71424/azb77.2.002856 journal article 10.71424/azb77.2.002856 2603-3798 16652502

Table 2. Population density of the woodpigeon (Columba palumbus L.) on census plots in Belgorod in 2021-2022.
№	Habitat	Census plot location	Census plot surface area, ha	Number of pairs	Population density, pairs/10 ha
1.	Forest park	Arkhiereyskaya Roshcha	44.7	6	1.3
		Average population density M ± SE			1.3
2.		Pobedy Park	11.4	8	7.0
3.		Kotofey Park	3.1	4	12.9
4.	Recreational park	Park between the Vezelka River, Vatutina Ave., Pobedy St. and Popova St.	4.7	2	4.3
5.	Recreational park	Lenin Park of Culture and Leisure	26.0	2	0.8
6.		Pamyati Park	15.4	2	1.3
7.		Pushkinskaya Allée	6.5	2	3.1
8.		Yuzhny Park	6.8	1	1.5
		Average population density M ± SE			2.8 ± 1.6
9.	Cemetery	Yachnevo Cemetery*	28.3	3	1.1
10.	Cemetery	Mikhaylovskoe Cemetery	1.0	1	10.0
		Average population density M ± SE			1.4
11.		Between Plekhanova St., Gorkogo St., Vostochnaya St., Lesnaya St.	13.1	0	0
12.	Small-house areas	Between Plekhanova St., Transportnaya St., Zhukovskogo St., Tsiolkovskogo St., Lermontova St.	15.8	0	0
13.		Between Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Belinskogo St., Grazhdanskaya St., 3-y Krasnoarmeysky Lane	25.1	0	0
		Average population density M ± SE			0
14.		Square near the Government building	0.5	1	20.0
15.	Squares and boulevards	Square near the Shchepkin Drama Theatre	1.4	0	0
16.	Squares and boulevards	Svyato-Troitsky Boulevard	2.2	0	0
17.		Ioasafovsky Square	0.8	0	0
		Average population density M ± SE			2.0
18.	Green residential areas with predominantly 5-story housing blocks	Between B. Khmelnitskogo Ave., Shershneva St., Nekrasova St., Studencheskaya St.	18.0	3	1.7
19.		Between B. Khmelnitskogo Ave., Nekrasova St.	15.7	1	0.6
20.		Between Mokrousova St., Kostyukova St., Shchorsa St.	31.2	4	1.3
		Average population density M ± SE			1.2 ± 0.3