V. Yu. Rumyantsev

The book is a biogeographic review of 35 lowland biomes from the map "The Biomes of Russia," published in a series of nature maps for high school. Concepts and approaches to classifying terrestrial ecosystems and mapping are explained. Data on ecosystem biodiversity, flora, and fauna of regional biomes are presented. The comparative geographical an...

This chapter provides a brief characterization of the groups of animal hosts and vectors that carry natural focal disease from the perspective of their roles in the formation and function of natural foci. The distribution of the most important epidemiologically significant mammals, birds and fish, as well as bloodsucking insects and ticks is examin...

The map of "The Biomes of Russia" is the result of many years of joint work of botanists and zoologists of the Department of Biogeography in various areas and cartographic support of the extensive problem of the "Geography of biodiversity". The Biomes of Russia map illustrates the patterns of spatial differentiation of biotic cover of Russia, dete...

The historical changes in animal distribution in the European territory of Russia have always attracted the interest of specialists. Therefore, the data contained in the Economic Notes to the General Land Survey of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries is of great importance. This article presents the results of the analysis...

An ecological and geographical analysis of the distribution of poisonous plants in the regional biomes of Russia and the effect of arid conditions on it are presented. On the territory of Russia, 82 of the most toxic species of vascular plants (belonging to 34 families) were identified; of them, 55 were poisonous species of the genus Aconitum. Cart...

After the publication of the second edition of the Red Book of Moscow region (2008), work on the monitoring of Ramalina species listed in the Red Book continued, as well as the search for new locations of these species, and the identification of species of this genus, rarely found in the region. The analysis of the obtained data allowed to estimate...

The analysis of the literature data and herbarium samples showed that currently 8 species of the Bryoria genus are found in the territory of the region. The most common species are Bryoria fuscescens and B. capillaries, the rarer one is B. implexa. All species tend to the Western, North-Western and Northern areas, dominated by spruce forests. The d...

Historical changes in the distribution of animals on the European territory of Russia attract constant interest of specialists. In this aspect, information contained in the Economic Notes to the General Land Survey of the Russian Empire (18th–19th centuries) is of particular importance. This article presents the first results of a data analysis of...

The regularities of poisonous plants distribution in Russia are revealed and their dependence on several climatic factors is analyzed. The study includes 82 species of the most poisonous plants belonging to 34 families and 58 genera. 55 species of Aconitum genus (Ranunculaceae) are considered separately because of their specific geographical distri...

The article deals with modern trends in the development of biota mapping at the MSU Department of Biogeography. In the recent decade the increasing interest in biodiversity conservation, inventory, monitoring and assessment has contributed to the formation of a special thematic line in the biogeographic mapping. The thematic spectrum of maps and th...

The link between dynamics of productivity of forests and global climate change is investigated. A forecast of wood growth in specifi c scenarios of climate indicators for the middle of the 21 century is made on the basis of statistical data on the wood growth for the forest area of the European part of Russia. The relationship between the sum of ac...

The paper investigates the data on the fauna of the European Russia at the end of the XVIII century, contained in the materials of the General Land Survey, in comparison with contemporary data. The distribution ranges of the majority of large mammals observed in the study area two centuries ago, have not changed significantly, but the biological di...

This paper discusses the relationships of zonal vegetation boundaries with some climatic indicators. Possible changes in subzonal vegetation boundaries in the territory of European Russia and Western Siberia are forecasted within the framework of one of the global warming scenarios. The revealed regularities make it possible to suggest a mathematic...

The paper discusses connections between zonal boundaries of vegetation and productivity of forest stands and some climatic parameters. It also suggests mathematical-cartographic models of these connections. The models are used to forecast changes in the boundaries of the vegetation sub-zones and of forest stands productivity in the European Part of...

The contemporary world fauna of the marmots (Marmota, Rodentia) includes 15 species [1, 2]. Six species inhabit North America and nine species, Eur� asia (Fig. 1). In Eurasia, the areas of eight out of nine marmot species are completely or partly located within an epi�platformal orogeny area (Fig. 2). Epi� platformal orogeny is the process of mount...

The steppe marmot disappeared from the modern Penza region at the end of the 19th century. The history of the disappearance of the marmot and the results of its reintroduction in 1985–1989 are considered in the article. The characteristics of the modern state of the marmot settlements that formed as a result of the reintroduction are given.

The article lists and discussed in brief original maps of terrestrial vertebrates published in the National Atlas of Russia, a number of complex atlases of Russian regions and in the Large Atlas of Kazakhstan. During 2004-20011 the authors published more than 50 relevant maps in nine atlases. The maps could be classified into four types: maps of ha...

The variability of alarm calls in ground squirrels of the major group was analyzed. Parameters of polynomial equations were used as variables for characterizing the frequency modulation of signals. The range of the populations discussed is from the Volga River to the Gobi Altai. Four main clusters of the populations were distinguished based on the...

The current level of botanical-geographical and zoogeographical, i.e. biogeographical component, mapping allows to start the elaboration of complex biogeographical maps. The map of biomes of the Russia's territory at the scale of 1:8 mln is an attempt of such mapping based on the biogeographical synthesis of available maps "Zones and Types of Veget...

The principles of compiling a specialized cartographic basis for the maps of terrestrial vertebrate populations are described. The main sources of information were the lists of species within the cenoses (totally 815), the ecological classification of terrestrial vertebrates of Russia, thematic maps of nature and economy, everything controlled by t...

A method for mapping the distribution of a common steppe mammal, the steppe marmot, is described, based on the interpretation of air photos of its life activities (i.e., burrows). Air photos at 1:30,000 scale are used in the compilation of a map of the density of marmot burrows, which permits close and more efficient investigation of the spatial co...

The possibility of using aerial photographs to map the distribution of steppe marmots, important rodents in the fur industry, is discussed. The area of Kushmurun island in Kustanayskaya oblast' the Kazakhstan was used as an example to illustrate the detailed mapping of the density of steppe marmots in a key territory. Photographs on a scale of 1:30...