Natural recovery of man-made disturbances in the west Siberian arctic and recommended species for rehabilitation

• Published in: Linnaeus Eco-Tech
• Main Author: Khitun, Olga V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linnaeus University 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Bovanenkovo; Bovanenkovo gas field; Crawford; Forbes; The ''Y''; Arctagrostis latifolia; Salix lanata
• Online Access: https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/1883; https://doi.org/10.15626/Eco-Tech.2003.005

Vast areas in the Arctic are faced with widespread threats ranging from gas and oildevelopment to tourism (Sippola et al., 1995; Crawford, 1997; Forbes et al., 2001). EastEuropean and West Siberian parts of Russian Arctic have important resources of gas andoil and, thus, experience intensive mechani...