A5053944130- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- International Science and Diplomacy
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
- Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Legal Studies and Reforms
- Environmental law and policy
- Material Properties and Applications
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology
2014-2024
Volgograd State Technical University
2022-2023
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
2023
St Petersburg University
2023
Arctic Research Center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District
2014-2022
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
2015-2022
Russian Academy of Sciences
1980-2022
Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
2020
Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2015
Climate change can have a marked effect on the distribution and abundance of some species, as well their interspecific interactions. In 1992, before ecological effects anthropogenic climate had developed into topical research field, Hersteinsson Macdonald published seminal paper hypothesizing that northern limit red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is determined by food availability ultimately climate, while southern Arctic lagopus) competition with larger fox. This hypothesis has inspired extensive in...
Reports of fading vole and lemming population cycles persisting low populations in some parts the Arctic have raised concerns about spread these fundamental changes to tundra food web dynamics. By compiling 24 unique time series fluctuations across circumpolar region, we show that virtually all displayed alternating periods cyclic/non-cyclic over past four decades. Cyclic patterns were detected 55% ( n = 649 years pooled sites) with a median periodicity 3.7 years, non-cyclic not more...
Climate change has been characterized as the most serious threat to Arctic biodiversity. In addition gradual changes such climate warming, extreme weather events, melting temperatures in winter and rain on snow, can have profound consequences for ecosystems. Rain-on-snow events lead formation of ice layers snow pack, which restrict access forage plants cause crashes herbivore populations. These direct impacts cascading effects other ecosystem components, often mediated by trophic...
Abstract Range shifts and changes in dominance of species communities are among the major predicted impacts climate change on ecosystems, supported by numerous modeling studies. While is changing particularly rapidly Arctic, little observational data available to document composition communities, particular from large Russian tundra areas. Small rodents a key component ecosystems implementing important ecological functions both as herbivores main prey for whole guild predators. Here we over...
Abstract Large herbivores regulate ecosystem structure and functioning across Earth’s biomes, but vegetation community responses to herbivory depend on complex interactions involving the timing intensity of pressure other, often abiotic, controls vegetation. Consequently, reindeer-driven transitions in Arctic occur heterogeneously between even within landscapes. Here, we employed drone surveys investigate drivers spatial heterogeneity reindeer by mapping change comprehensively a landscape at...
The biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has developed pan-Arctic monitoring plans to improve our ability detect, understand and report on long-term change in biodiversity. fox (Vulpes lagopus) was identified as a target future because its circumpolar distribution, ecological importance reliance ecosystems. We provide first exhaustive survey contemporary programmes, describing 34 projects located eight countries. Monitored populations covered equally four climate zones species’...
Abstract The Circumpolar North has been changing rapidly within the last decades, and socioeconomic systems of Eurasian Arctic Siberia in particular have displayed most dramatic changes. Here, anthropogenic drivers environmental change such as migration industrialization are added to climate-induced changes natural environment permafrost thawing increased frequency extreme events. Understanding adapting both types important local indigenous peoples for wider global community due...
Abstract Climatic impacts are especially pronounced in the Arctic, which as a region is warming twice fast rest of globe. Here, we investigate how mean climatic conditions and rates change impact parasitoid insect communities 16 localities across Arctic. We focus on parasitoids widespread habitat, Dryas heathlands, describe community composition terms larval host use (i.e., herbivorous Lepidoptera vs. pollinating Diptera) functional groups differing their closeness associations (koinobionts...
Communities are assembled from species that evolve or colonise a given geographic region, and persist in the face of abiotic conditions interactions with other species. The evolutionary colonisation histories communities characterised by phylogenetic diversity, while functional diversity is indicative biotic conditions. relationship between infers whether traits divergent (differing related species) convergent (similar among distantly species). Biotic known to influence macroecological...
The article analyzes the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were set out at 2015 United Nations Summit on Development. provides a comparative analysis of Millennium and SDGs in context efforts UN General Assembly field sustainable development. strengthening integration within all three components development: economic, social, environmental. emphasis is placed environmental aspects their role both approving concept development, prerequisites for filling it with specific normative...
Most birds incubate their eggs to allow embryo development. This behaviour limits the ability of adults perform other activities. Hence, incubating trade off incubation and nest protection with foraging meet own needs. Parents can either cooperate sustain this tradeoff or alone. The main cause reproductive failure at stage is predation reduce risk by keeping location secret. Arctic sandpipers are interesting biological models investigate parental care evolution as they may use several...
Camera traps are a powerful, practical, and non-invasive method used widely to monitor animal communities evaluate management actions. However, camera trap arrays can generate thousands millions of images that require significant time effort review. Computer vision has emerged as tool accelerate this image review process. We propose multi-step, semi-automated workflow which takes advantage site-specific generalizable models improve detections consists (1) automatically identifying removing...
High latitude ecosystems are at present changing rapidly under the influence of climate warming, and specialized Arctic species southern margin may be particularly affected. The fox (Vulpes lagopus), a small mammalian predator endemic to northern tundra areas, is able exploit different resources in context varying ecosystems. Although generally widespread, it critically endangered subarctic Fennoscandia, where fading out characteristic lemming cycles competition with abundant red foxes have...
Indirect effects of climate change are often mediated by trophic interactions and consequences for individual species depend on how they tied into the local food web. Here we show response demographic rates an arctic bird prey to fluctuations in small rodent abundance changed when community composition dynamics changed, possibly under effect warming. We observed breeding biology rough-legged buzzards (Buteo lagopus) at Erkuta Tundra Monitoring Site southern Yamal, low Russia, 19 years...
Abstract Global warming has pronounced effects on tundra vegetation, and rising mean temperatures increase plant growth potential across the Arctic biome. Herbivores may counteract impacts by reducing growth, but strength of this effect depend prevailing regional climatic conditions. To study how ungulates interact with temperature to influence shrubs biome, we assembled dendroecological data from 20 sites, comprising 1,153 individual 22,363 annual rings. Evidence for suppressing shrub...