«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «BIOLOGIYA. ECOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «BIOLOGY. ECOLOGY»
ISSN 2073-3372 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2013. Vol. 2

Changes in winter bird population of Eastern Siberia in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century

Author(s)
Yu. I. Mel’nikov
Abstract

On the basis of own longterm materials (1968–2012) and the analysis of the accessible literature features of change of number and borders of areal of three most mass wintering species of birds of Eastern Siberia are considered: a Great Tit, a Coal Tit and Long-tailed Tit. It is shown that in second half XX centuries well-marked growth of their number and dilating of areal to the north are noted, up to the Central Yakutia. A principal cause of this processes is appreciable warming of a climate of northern hemisphere of the Earth, most likely, bound to the terminal of a climatic cycle of century level.

Keywords
settled (wintering) species of birds, climate warming, number augmentation, dilating of areal to the north
UDC
598.2061.62 (571.5)

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