The role of certain types of habitats in conservation of rare bird species inhabiting the northern border of the taiga zone of Europe

Abstract

In the process of local biodiversity formation in conditions of the North, the anthropogenically transformed areas serve an important element. Some of them, according to their structural and functional characteristics (for example, agricultural areas), have no counterparts in indigenous ecosystems. The anthropogenically transformed areas are inhabited by a small number of local species which are characteristic of the natural ecosystems of the North. At the same time, they are homes to many “new”, non-aboriginal, species, serving as initial habitats for the “newcomers” and channels for their distribution and settlement.