Author: Ebbinge, B.S.; Yu L. Mazourov & P.S. Tomkovich (eds.)
Title: Heritage of the Russian Arctic : research, conservation, and international co-operation : proceedings of the International Scientific Willem Barents Memorial Arctic Conservation Symposium, held in Moscow, Russia, 10-14 March 1998.
Description: Moscow : Ecopros Publishers, ©2000. Paperback. 640 pp. illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - This volume presents the original results of an interdisciplinary survey of the natural and cultural heritage of the Russian Arctic. The studies were conducted within the framework of the Russian-Dutch co-operation on nature protection and conservation of historical monuments. Materials included in the volume were presented at the International Willem Barents Memorial Arctic Conservation Symposium held in Moscow, Russia, on 10-14 March 1998. The book is intended for researchers, high-school teachers and students, all other readers ,interested in the exploration and conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the Russian Arctic. Contents : Willem Barents Park as part of the network of strictly protected areas in the Russian Arctic / P.V Boyarsky, Yu.L. Mazourov, Yu.S. Zakharov -- Frozen renaissance / P.M. Floore, J.H.G. Gawronski -- Management of natural resources in the territories inhabited by indigenous northern peoples: new approaches / K.B. Klokov -- The Far North: current problems / V.M. Kotlyakov, G.A. Agranat -- Willem Barents. The flying Dutchman of North Cape / G.J.R. Maat -- The Russian mission of 1870 to Novaya Zemlya, Murman Coast and Norway / V.S. Shishkin -- The use of natural resources and some approaches to the development of the traditional economy of indigenous minorities on the Taimyr Peninsula / D.N. Shustrov -- Russian-Dutch cooperation for nature conservation and solution of ecological problems in the Russian Arctic (1989-1997) / E.E. Syroechkovski, Sr. -- The use of terrestrial and marine commercial game resources on the Novaya Zemlya Islands -- N.V Vekhov -- Ecological investigations using remote sensing techniques in the Pechora Delta, northern Russia / Mennnobart van Eerden, I.A. Lavrinenko -- Effect of global pollution on birds in the Russian Arctic / M.V. Glazov -- Is the Arctic getting warmer or cooler? / Yu.P. Kozhevnikov -- Vegetation cover of Sibiryakov Island: a unique phenomenon at the junction of botanical and geographic boundaries / V.B. Kuvaev, A.D. Kozhevnikova -- Stability and adaptive potential of the subarctic biota of xylotrophic basidiomycetes in Eurasia / V.A. Mukhin -- Main types of human impact on the natural environment in north-western Taimyr / F.A. Romanenko -- Geomorphological factors of bird's nest distribution on the northern side of Lake Pronchishcheva (eastern Taimyr) / F.A. Romanenko, E.E. Syroechkovski, Jr., E.G. Lappo, N.E. Zaretskaya, A.P. Khol'nov -- Late Quaternary glacial and sea level events on northern Novaya Zemlya / Jaap Jan Zeeberg, David J. Lubinski, Steven L. Forman -- Human influence on reindeer pasture vegetation in the tundra and forest-tundra zones of Yakutia / N.S. Karpov -- Altitudinal distribution of Eurasian subarctic plant species with reference to their formation and protection / V.B. Kuvaev -- Taimyr as a mini-arctic model / N.V. Matveyeva -- Relationship between vegetation cover and soil chemical properties in tundra landscapes of the Taimyr Peninsula / M.V. Orlov, V.M. Telesnina -- Vascular flora of the 'Taimyrsky' Biosphere Reserve / E.B. Pospelova -- Organization of phytomonitoring at newly established ethno-ecological territories in the Arctic / D.A. Shakhin -- Application of botanical methods to the study of historical monuments on the Novava Zemlva Islands / N.V. Vekhov, A.N. Kuliev -- Bird fauna in the lower reaches of the Khatanga River, Taimyr Peninsula / V.V. Golovnyuk, M.Yu. Soloviev, T.V. Sviridova -- Summer bird fauna of Sibiryakov Island, 1989 / A.I. Koshelev, E.A. Dyadycheva -- Dynamics of bird breeding ranges in the Russian Arctic and Subarctic, with special reference to the Taimyr Peninsula / E.G. Lappo -- Ornithological investigations in tundras west of Ural Mountains, European part of Russia / V.V. Morozov -- Landscape-specific distribution of birds in the tundra part of 'Taimyrsky' State Biosphere Reserve / I.N. Pospelov, A.Yu. Voromin -- Results and prospects of bird studies in the Lena Delta / V.I. Pozdnyakov, D.V. Solovieva -- Birds of the Putorana Plateau / A.A. Romanov -- Migrations of geese and cranes in the south-western part of Arkhangelsk oblast / N.V. Anzigitova, E.A. Kuznetsov, A.Z. Klepikov -- Data on waterfowl biology in the Kheta River basin, southern Taimyr / A.I. Artyukhov -- Microelement concentration in feathers as an indicator of bird affiliation with a particular population / E.V. Dobrovolskaya -- The role of predators in regulating goose numbers / Barwolt S. Ebbinge -- A 'cuticular method' for the analysis of food composition in phytophagous birds / A.D. Kozhevnikova -- Relationships between the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca L.), Common Eider (Somateria mollissima L.) and Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens L.) during the nesting season on Wrangel Island / I.E. Menyushima -- Population dynamics and migration of White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) in Eurasia / Johan H. Mooij -- Economic development of the Yamal Peninsula and issues of bird conservation / S.P. Paskhalny -- Annual cycles of waterfowl in the north of Central Palearctic: problems of restoration and conservation of their populations / E.V. Rogacheva -- Flyway management plan for the Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla) / Anky Woudstra -- Migration of Tundra Dunlin populations in southern Ukraine / I.I. Chernichko -- Colony formation in the Common Murre (Uria aalge) / S.P. Kharitonov -- Site fidelity and territory establishment in breeding Pacific Golden Plovers and Grey Plovers at Taimyr, Siberia / T.V. Sviridova -- On the biology and distribution of the Little Curlew in northern Yakutia / E.E. Syroechkovski, Jr., C. Zöckler -- Ringing and migratory links of Taimyr waders / P.S. Tomkovich, E.G. Lappo, E.E. Syroechkovski, Jr. -- Waders (Charadrii) from the Northern Hemisphere in southern Africa / L.G. Underhill -- Breeding ecology of the Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) in Sedova Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya / A.E. Volkov, J. de Korte -- Investigation, protection and sustainable use of Polar Bear populations in the Russian Arctic / S.E. Belikov -- Super-high lemming population peak of 1991: quantitative characteristics in northern Taimyr / L.G. Emel'yanova -- Ecological characteristics and prospects for sustainable use of the Taimyr wild Reindeer population / L.A. Kolpashchikov -- Distribution and denning patterns of the Arctic Fox in the Verkhnyaya Taimyra River basin, Central Taimyr / M.N. Korolyova -- Biocenotic role of the Polar Bear in coastal ecosvstems of Wrangel and Herald Islands / N.G. Ovsyanikov -- Population dynamics and habitat selection of lemmings in arctic tundra of north-western Taimyr / M.E. Rykhlikova, I.Yu. Popov -- Land mammals of the north-eastern Gydan Peninsula in 1989 / A.M. Volokh -- The circumpolar protected areas network (CPAN) / Snorri Baldursson -- Protected areas in the north of Russia and problems of northern minorities / N.N. Bolshakov, K.B. Klokov -- Sea- and waterbird collaboration in the Barents Sea region / M. Ekker, A. Golovkin, I.J. Øien -- Ust'-Lensky Nature Reserve, the largest protected area in the Siberian Arctic / A.Yu. Gukov, D.N. Gorokhov -- Development of a network of protected areas in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug / N.Ya. Kotkin -- Birds and establishment of protected areas at the western coast of Novaya Zemlya / E.A. Kuznetsov, G.V. Khakhin, H. Strøm -- Mapping tundra areas of the 'Taimyrsky' State Biosphere Reserve / I.N. Pospelov -- On the development of a network of specially protected areas in subarctic Yakutia / N.G. Solomonov, V.N. Vasiliev, N.I. Germogenov -- Nature reserves and other protected areas in the Russian Arctic: current status and prospects / E.E. Syroechkovski Sr., V.B. Stepanitski -- Arctic Symposium in Moscow / Yuri Mazourov -- Impressions of the Russian Arctic / Gerard C. Boere, Peter Prokosch -- The system of specially protected areas in the Barents Sea region / R.V. Boyarsky. ISBN 9785886210576.

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