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Impacts of Climate Warming on Terrestrial Species in the Middle Yenisei Taiga

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This paper examines the relationship between climate warming and processes occurring in communities and populations of terrestrial small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods. The studies have been conducted at Mirnoe Yenisei Ecological Station, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences. The dynamics of climatic changes is determined based on meteorological data collected at seven weather stations located along an almost 1000-km stretch of the Yenisei River valley. The maximum increase in temperature over the period from 1972 to 2020 is registered in the spring months; the farther north the station is located, the stronger these changes are manifested. In the 21st century, the cyclic type of small mammal population dynamics previously observed in the study area is replaced by the fluctuating dynamics type. The abundance of small mammals in the 21st century is lower than it was in the 20th century. Statistically significant decreases in population are noted mostly for species of Siberian origin. New species have been registered in the vicinity of the Yenisei ecological station for the first time. The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) and the taiga tick (Ixodes persulcatus) have appeared on the right bank of the Yenisei River; the common toad (Bufo bufo) has appeared on both river banks.

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Sheftel, B.I., Yakushov, V.D. Impacts of Climate Warming on Terrestrial Species in the Middle Yenisei Taiga. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 15, 1–10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425522010073

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