Journal Article

Impacts of environmental change on biodiversity and vegetation dynamics in Siberia

Kerchev, Ivan A., Bulakhova, Nina A., Popkov, Viktor K., Kvasnikova, Zoya N., Krivets, Svetlana A., Nekhoroshev, Oleg G., Kolpashchikov, Leonid A., Kuzhevskaia, Irina V., Khovalyg, Aldynai O., Interesova, Elena A., Babenko, Andrei S., Valevich, Tatyana O., Kharuk, Viacheslav I., Merzlyakov, Oleg E., Byzaakay, Arysia A., Chursin, Vladislav, Volkov, Igor V., Berman, Daniil I., Chernykh, Tatiana M., Kirpotin, Sergey N., Peregon, Anna M., Volkova, Irina I., Gureev, Sergey P., Callaghan, Terry V., Pyak, Andrei I.

2021

Overview

Biological diversity is the basis for, and an indicator of biosphere integrity. Together with climate change, its loss is one of the two most important planetary boundaries. A halt in biodiversity loss is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Current changes in biodiversity in the vast landmass of Siberia are at an initial stage of inventory, even though the Siberian environment is experiencing rapid climate change, weather extremes and transformation of land use and management. Biodiversity changes affect traditional land use by Indigenous People and multiple ecosystem services with implications for local and national economies. Here we review and analyse a large number of scientific publications, which are little known outside Russia, and we provide insights into Siberian biodiversity issues for the wider international research community. Case studies are presented on biodiversity changes for insect pests, fish, amphibians and reptiles, birds, mammals and steppe vegetation, and we discuss their causes and consequences.

• Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media,Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Amphibians / Animals / Atmospheric Sciences / Biodiversity / Biodiversity loss / Biosphere / Birds / Case studies / Change agents / Climate Change / Climatic extremes / Community research / Conservation of Natural Resources / Earth and Environmental Science / Ecology / Ecosystem / Ecosystem services / Ecosystems / Environment / Environmental aspects / Environmental changes / Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology / Environmental impact / Environmental Management / Extreme weather / Extremes / Fish / Humans / Indigenous peoples / Insect pests / Insects / inventories / Land use / Land use management / Morality / Pests / Physical Geography / Reptiles / Reptiles & amphibians / Scientific papers / Siberia / SIBERIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE / Steppes / Sustainable development / Transformation / Vegetation / Weather