Research from Tatarstan between 2018-23 reviewing winter bird species richness: We show for the first time the results of a study into the spatial distribution of birds in forests at the eastern edge of Europe (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) and changes from early to late winter. A transect method was used to census randomly selected…
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Cuckoo clocks ahead of time in Tatarstan
Climate change continues to affects birds and plants, changing resource availability. This is causing problems for both the common and oriental cuckoos. Ornithologists in Kazan, Tatarstan completed research over a 1200km2 area between 1988 – 2023. The sub-taiga area includes forests, farms, lakes, rivers and other human settlements. They recorded arrival times, visual and audio…
Climate change is a positive change for the Arctic birds. #Russia #climate
Researchers from the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences analyse the formation of modern Arctic mammals and discuss their future changes caused by climate change. They observed regional climate warming since the 1990s with visible effects such as rain- and snowfall increase, a decrease of Arctic glaciers, much warmer winters, etc. They found that…
Russian Climate Research 