Siberia : ecology, diversity and environmental impact / Tabitha Robbins, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robbins, Tabitha, editor.

Series:

Russian political, economic and security issues.

Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues

Standardized Title:

Siberia (Nova Science Publishers : 2016)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.

Ecology.

Environmental impact analysis--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.

Environmental impact analysis.

Siberia (Russia)--Environmental conditions.

Siberia (Russia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

This book discusses the ecology, diversity and environmental impact of Siberia. Chapter One discusses cultural interaction and mutual influence of the civilizations of the Ancient World and the Middle Ages: China, Japan, Korea, Iran, Central Asian nomadic empires, Turkic Khanate, Byzantium, Russian kingdoms, the Ottoman Empire and the Arab Caliphate to Siberia and the Urals. Chapter Two presents issues regarding the current state of soil resources in the world, and focuses on agricultural development of Siberian land within Russia and the world and its hidden productive potential, which in the process of time will have greater economic importance. Chapter Three reviews the impact of recent climate changes and technogenic contamination with fluorides emitted by aluminum smelters on the microbial transformation of carbon, the regimes of functioning, and the state of agroecosystems on gray forest soils (Luvic Greyzemic Phaeozems) in the forest-steppe zone of the Baikal region on the basis of data of the long-term agroecological monitoring. Chapter Four studies the ecological interactions that take place within the vast region of Siberia among the avian reservoir hosts and viral populations, and the environment they utilize. Chapter Five presents the results of hydro-chemical research conducted in the spring of 2013 and end of August of 2014 in the northern part of Western Siberia. Chapter Six presents the results of research on selected terrestrial surface waters in the arctic tundra of Western Siberia conducted during the Spring of 2013, Fall of 2014, and Winter of 2015.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; North-East Eurasia (Siberia) in the Context of World History: New Concepts; Abstract; Introduction; Study Results; Conclusion; References; Biographical Sketch; Biographical Sketch; Chapter 2; The Past, Present, and Future of the Use of the Agricultural Soils of Siberia; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. World References for Soil Resources; 2.1. The Current Amount of Available Agricultural and Forests Land; 2.2. The Amount of Degraded Soil Today; 2.3. Prospects for the Future; 2.4. The Main Causes of Soil Degradation in the World

2.5. Summary of the Current State of Soil Resources in the World3. Features of Agricultural Land in Siberia; 3.1. The Quantiative Resources of Land; 3.2. The Current State of Agricultural Land Use in Siberia; 3.3. The State of Land Degradation in Siberia at the End of 20th Century; 4. Historical Development of Agriculture by the End of the 20th Century; 5. The Efficiency of the Agricultural Use of Soil Resources in Siberia and Russia at the Beginning of the 21st Century; 6. The Main Factors Limiting the Potential of Soil in Russia and Siberia; Conclusion and Suggestions; Conclusion

SuggestionsReferences; Chapter 3; Agroecological Monitoring of the Carbon Transformation in Agroecosystems on Gray Forest Soils of the Baikal Region under Current Climatic Changes and Conditions of Fluoride Pollution; Abstract; Introduction; Objects and Methods; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4; Ecology of Avian Influenza Viruses in Siberia; Abstract; Introduction; Global Ecology of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Bird Populations; Natural Reservoirs of Avian Influenza Viruses; Environmental Persistence Strategy of Avian Influenza Viruses

Avian influenza Virus Circulation Dynamics in Reservoir HostsInfluenza A Virus Spillover from the Wild Bird Reservoir; Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance; The Wild Bird Natural System of Avian Influenza Virus Circulation in Siberia; Siberia's Terrestrial Biomes; Tundra; Taiga; Steppe; Siberia's Ecological Regions; Western Siberia; Central Asia; Far East Region; Russian Natural Ecosystems Involved in Avian Influenza Ecology; Bird Migrations and International Wetlands of Siberia; Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance and Spillover Events from Reservoir Hosts in Siberia

Avian Influenza Surveillance Program in SiberiaAvian Influenza Virus Prevalence in Siberian Birds; Diversity of Avian Influenza Viruses in Siberia; Surveillance of Emerging Avian Influenza Viruses in Siberia and Human Health Implications; Ecological Drivers of Avian Influenza Virus Infections in Birds: the Siberia Region in the Face of the Current Global Change; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5; Assessment of Biogenic Substances; of Selected Terrestrial Waters in the Northern Part of Western Siberia: Significance for Ecology and Climate Change; Abstract; Introduction

Place and Methods of Research

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63485-436-5