Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds
The warming of the Arctic, especially in the Eurasian sector, has been pronounced since the 1920s. The tundra moves into the arctic desert, the taiga into the tundra, and along with this the mammals, birds and plants extend northward. Study of these changes in zoogeographical boundaries by Soviet sc...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66314 2023-05-15T14:18:52+02:00 Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds Slessers, M. 1968-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66314 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66314/50227 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66314 ARCTIC; Vol. 21 No. 3 (1968): September; 201-204 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Birds Piciformes Willow Ptarmigan Novaya Zemlya Russian Federation Yenisey River region Krasnoyarsk region Greenland Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1968 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:12Z The warming of the Arctic, especially in the Eurasian sector, has been pronounced since the 1920s. The tundra moves into the arctic desert, the taiga into the tundra, and along with this the mammals, birds and plants extend northward. Study of these changes in zoogeographical boundaries by Soviet scientists shows that some birds have extended their ranges up to 130 mi northward, the willow warbler, meadow pipit, fieldfare and willow ptarmigan to 69° 50' N on Vaygach Island, 74° N Novaya Zemlya. From more southerly ranges the house sparrow has extended from 61° to 70° N, the chaffinch and rook 700 km from Krasnoyarsk to Komsa, the black woodpecker, coal tit, whooper swan and merganser 200-400 km in the Yenisey taiga. The fieldfare, eastern hermit thrush and robin are now established in Greenland, the gadwall in southern Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Greenland Novaya Zemlya taiga Tundra Vaygach Vaygach Island Whooper Swan yenisey river Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Greenland Komsa ENVELOPE(24.278,24.278,65.749,65.749) Vaygach ENVELOPE(58.789,58.789,70.394,70.394) Yenisey ENVELOPE(82.680,82.680,71.828,71.828) ARCTIC 21 3 |
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The warming of the Arctic, especially in the Eurasian sector, has been pronounced since the 1920s. The tundra moves into the arctic desert, the taiga into the tundra, and along with this the mammals, birds and plants extend northward. Study of these changes in zoogeographical boundaries by Soviet scientists shows that some birds have extended their ranges up to 130 mi northward, the willow warbler, meadow pipit, fieldfare and willow ptarmigan to 69° 50' N on Vaygach Island, 74° N Novaya Zemlya. From more southerly ranges the house sparrow has extended from 61° to 70° N, the chaffinch and rook 700 km from Krasnoyarsk to Komsa, the black woodpecker, coal tit, whooper swan and merganser 200-400 km in the Yenisey taiga. The fieldfare, eastern hermit thrush and robin are now established in Greenland, the gadwall in southern Alaska. |
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Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds |
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Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds |
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Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds |
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Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds |
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Soviet Studies in the Northward Movement of Birds |
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soviet studies in the northward movement of birds |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 21 No. 3 (1968): September; 201-204 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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