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Source publication
Talbot, S.S., ed. (2008): Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Flora Group Workshop, 15-18 May 2007, Tórshavn,
Faroe Islands. CAFF Technical Report No. 15. Akureyri, Iceland.
Citations
The structure and composition of boreal forests in the Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia, was investigated between 1981 and 2008. Our examination of northern taiga communities confirmed a close relationship
between ecological parameters of forests and the level of anthropogenic influence (fires, air pollution, cutting,
recreation). In spite of a reduction in pollution levels (more then five times reduction in the last 10 years),
all measured biodiversity parameters were affected by pollution. However, positive forest biodiversity
regeneration was also registered. The objective of our research was to reveal the spatial distribution
of forest types due to natural dynamics and as the result of industrial pollution, their digression levels
and rates of regeneration. Remote sensing data and field research allowed an estimation of species and
typological diversity in north-taiga ecosystems in the Imandra Lake basin.
