Andrey Puzachenko

Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russia, Biogeography, Leading research scientist

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1. Date and place of birth May 26 1964, Moscow, Russia.
2. Education
From 1971 to 1981 - the secondary school № 583 (Moscow), the
boarding school № 2 (Vladivostok), and the secondary school №7 (Moscow).
During 1981-1986 - Faculty of Biology and Chemistry of State Moscow
Pedagogical Institute, occupations - biologist and chemist. Diploma HB 463 907, of 06.25.1986
1986-1987 yrs. - military service in the Soviet Army.
3a. Principal work
From 1988 to 1996, I worked at the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Reserves (Moscow) as an engineer, senior engineer, researcher, senior researcher in the
Department of "Red Book" (support and maintenance of the Red Book of the former USSR and
the Russian Federation).
From 1996 to the present, I am research worker of the Laboratory of Biogeography in the
Institute of Geography, RAS (Moscow) on the leading researcher position.
3b. Part-time work
From 2001 to the present time, I am an employee of JSC "Agency of environmental consulting
and environmental engineering" («Ecoproject") (Saint-Petersburg) on the chief specialist
position.
4. Academic degree:
1) Candidate of Biological Science – PhD (1994). Diploma of the KT number 002 561, from
December 2 1994
The PhD Thesis: “The population ecology of the common mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus
Guld. (Rodentia, Spalacidae)”.
2) Doctor in Biological Science (2013). Diploma number DDN 025 975, from March 11 2014
The doctoral Thesis: “Invariants and morphological diversity dynamics (example of mammalian
skull” (http://www.sevin.ru/dissertations/ecology/101.pdf).
Supervisors: Supervisor
Address: Laboratory of Biogeography, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Science, Staromonetny 29, Moscow 119017 Russia

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Population ecology of the common mole rat Spalax microphthalmus Guld. (SPALACIDAE, RODENTIA)

Morphological diversity in the postnatal skull development in representatives of two families of rodents (Spalacidae, Castoridae, Rodentia)

Russian Journal of Developmental Biology, 2014

Ecosystems of Eastern Europe in the Holocene Atlantic Optimum Based on Floristic and Theriologic Data

Doklady Earth Sciences, 2003

undra and forest of the Russian Arctic: the interaction vector in the context of current climate warming

Ecosystems of eastern europe in the late glacial maximum of the Valdai glaciation (24-18 ka B.P.) based on floristic and theriological data

Doklady Earth Sciences, 2002

Comparing various forms of morphological diversity by means of dispersion analysis (exemplified by studying measurable morphological traits variation in three rodent genera, Mammalia)

Dispersion analysis of variances (MANOVA) is shown to be of use in comparative analysis of differ... more Dispersion analysis of variances (MANOVA) is shown to be of use in comparative analysis of different forms of morphological diversity expressed in measurable traits. This approach is exemplified by analysis of subgeneric, species, subspecies, sex, and individual forms of MD in rodent genera Allactaga, Alticola, and Spalax. Some conditions and limitations of the approach are discussed.

Semantic aspect of biodiversity

Î âåðîÿòíîé ãèáðèäèçàöèè ìåæäó Meles meles è M. leucurus (Carnivora, Mustelidae) íà ãðàíèöå âèäîâûõ àðåàëîâ â Çàïàäíîì Òÿíü-Øàíå

Evolution of Mammalian Diversity in the Late Pleistocene–Middle Holocene of the Mountainous Regions of Northern Eurasia: Between Two Interglacials

Biology Bulletin

Abstract For the first time, reconstruction was carried out and a comparative analysis of the evo... more Abstract For the first time, reconstruction was carried out and a comparative analysis of the evolution of the parameters of biological diversity (species richness, entropy, dominance index, measure of organization, etc.) of mammalian complexes of six mountain regions of Eurasia in the Late Pleistocene–Holocene was performed. It was shown that their reactions to the MIS 5e and MIS 1 interglacial conditions were fundamentally different, which does not allow us to make direct extrapolations in predicting the reaction of modern fauna to future climate changes. Mountain fauna in MIS 3 and the first half of MIS 2 combined high biological diversity with high resistance. Maintenance of the relative homeostasis of species richness was probably facilitated by the high functional redundancy of the communities, combined with the high ecological diversity of mountain biotopes.

Evolution and Morphological Variability of Cheek Teeth in the Kudaro Cave Bear (Ursus kudarensis, Carnivora, Ursidae)

Biology Bulletin

The variability of cheek teeth over time was studied with the use of univariate and multivatiate ... more The variability of cheek teeth over time was studied with the use of univariate and multivatiate statistical analyses for 1370 tooth specimens of the Kudaro cave bear (Ursus kudarensis) (Baryshnikov 1985) collected in the Kudaro 1 and Kudaro 3 caves in the Caucasus. The material examined included two chronosubspecies: U. k. praekudarensis (middle part of the Middle Pleistocene, nearly 350 000 years ago) and U. k. kudarensis (Late Pleistocene, nearly 120 000–40 000 years ago), as well as a sample of intermediate stratigraphic position referred to as a “transitional form” (the end of the Middle Pleistocene, nearly 250 000 years ago). Our study detected no single pathway of evolutionary change in the cheek teeth of U. kudarensis, instead showing specific modifications for the premolars, molars, and even individual teeth (e.g., m3) in the context of high individual variability. In size, the teeth of U. k. praekudarensis occupied an intermediate position between the more robust teeth of the “transitional form” and the smaller teeth of U. k. kudarensis. By the range of morphometric characters (size and crown proportions), the “transitional form” was more closely related to U. k. kudarensis than to U. k. praekudarensis. At the same time, the parameters of allometric variation of the “transitional form” either related it to U. k. praekudarensis or were of the original nature. The calculated rate of evolution of the metric characters was found to be dissimilar not only for different teeth but also for different measurements of the same tooth crown, and these modifications themselves were oppositely directed. A comparison with the main evolutionary trends in European cave bears revealed the unique, independent character of evolution of the cheek teeth in the Kudaro cave bear, which is expressed to different degrees for the upper and lower rows of teeth.

European small mammal faunas during Dnieper (Saale) glaciation and transition to the Mikulino (Eem) interglacial

Quaternary International

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North China Zokor in Primorsky Krai: Distribution, Contemporary Ecological Condition, Genetic Diversity, Taxonomy and Conservation Status

сборник, 2018

Обсуждаются современное распространение, систематика, генетическое разнообразие и природоохранный... more Обсуждаются современное распространение, систематика, генетическое разнообразие и природоохранный статус маньчжурского цокора в Приморском крае. Предлагается включить места его обитания в систему ООПТ Приморского края, в качестве заказников или памятников природы. Ключевые слова: Маньчжурский цокор, ареал в Приморском крае, систематика, генетическое разнообразие, редкие виды млекопитающих.

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Evolution of mammal species composition and species richness during the Late Pleistocene - Holocene transition in Europe: A general view at the regional scale

Quaternary International

Diversity dynamics of large- and medium-sized mammals in the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene on the East European Plain: Systems approach

Quaternary International, 2015

Abstract In this study, we analyze the large-sized and medium-sized mammalian species (ranging fr... more Abstract In this study, we analyze the large-sized and medium-sized mammalian species (ranging from mammoth to beaver and fox) which were distributed on the East European Plain from 50 ka BP to the recent, organized into four faunal Complexes. We would like to answer a general and basic question: which category of natural processes (linear – nonlinear, equilibrium – nonequilibrium, steady – unsteady and reversible – irreversible) characterizes evolution of fauna composition and dynamics of species richness. Several hypotheses about the influence of “geographical factor” on the parameters (entropy, measure of order, beta diversity analog) of mammals' diversity evolutionary dynamics were tested. For all Complexes, individual multivariate models (with 2–3 dimensions) of the faunal assemblage dynamics were developed to describe the Late Pleistocene–Holocene transition. The beginning of radical fauna transformation on the East European Plain is dated, approximately, by the end of Greenland Stadial 2.1a (14,650 BP). The main drivers of changes in the fauna composition were radical climate changes during the Late Pleistocene. Unlike the composition of faunal assemblages, variability of the species richness did not correlate with climate, except for the transition time. On the East European Plain, the replacement of the “lost species” from the “Mammutus – Coelodonta” faunal Complex with the “new ones” from the forest and more thermophilic species groups proceeded without considerable decrease of general species richness of large mammals. Different faunal Complexes have some specific features that reflect the geographical latitudinal gradient in both the composition of faunal assemblages and species richness. Two relatively independent processes influenced the content of evolution of mammal assemblages: 1) species compositions changes classified as nonlinear, non-equilibrium, irreversible and stationary in the Pleistocene, but not in the Holocene; 2) dynamics of species richness is characterized as linear, reversible and stationary throughout, except for the transition time. In the Holocene, species richness was restored very quickly, but it did not exceed the level which was typical for the Late Pleistocene. It is likely that the Late Pleistocene ecological capacity of ecosystems was probably higher in comparison with modern Holocene ecosystems.

VERTEBRATE RECORDS | Late Pleistocene of Northern Asia

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, 2007

The last glaciation (Valdai) mammal faunas of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia have a unique stru... more The last glaciation (Valdai) mammal faunas of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia have a unique structure and differ dramatically from the interglacial faunas (Mikulino = last interglacial, Holocene). The species composition includes animals of different ecology adapted to the Arctic zone, the steppe zone, and sometimes to the semi-desert zone. Forest animals are relatively rare on the Russian and Western Siberian Plains, thereby indicating an absence of continuous forest. Such an absence opened up a broad route for southerly migrations of cold-adapted animals and north- and westward movements of steppe-adapted mammals. The reactions of mammals to the climatic changes of the Late Pleistocene were individualistic and dispersal events occurred on different scales and in different directions. The re-organization of the animal world produced new types of so-called ‘non-analog,’ ‘mixed,’ ‘periglacial’ mammal communities, which were distributed throughout most of Northern Eurasia and inhabited the so-called ‘mammoth steppe.’ Forest animals survived in refugial areas in mountain and highland regions with a high number of local biotopes. The mountain mammal communities carried out the ancient fauna characteristic.

Environmental and Health Atlas of Russia

BMJ, 1996

Ed in chief Murray Feshbach Centre for Post-Soviet Studies, 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 410, Chevy ... more Ed in chief Murray Feshbach Centre for Post-Soviet Studies, 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 410, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA, $95, pp 500 ISBN 5-87664-053-0 Social reform in 19th century Britain owed much to the painstaking collection and analysis of statistical data about the adverse consequences which a free market economy had for working people and their families. In Soviet Russia, by contrast, it was generally impossible to criticise the state's strategies for social and economic development on the basis of published figures. Indeed the data served an essentially propaganda function until the …

Craniological variability of the zokors (Myospalacinae) with simplified first upper molar

Eastern European mammoth distribution and environments during the Middle Valdai Briansk Interstade ( 33 , 000-24 , 000 BP )

45 Briansk mammal sites have been included into this study; most of them belong to cultural layer... more 45 Briansk mammal sites have been included into this study; most of them belong to cultural layers of Palaeolithic sites and are dated by radiocarbon. One site corresponds to molecourses of the Briansk soil, another to fluvial deposits. Mammals from five sites have been studied by one of the authors (Markova 1982; Markova et al. 1995). A few primary literature sources were also used, such as papers by Alexeeva (1990); Vereshchagin and Baryshnikov (1980), Guslitser and Kanivets (1965), Kalinovski (1983); Rekovets (1985), Rogachev et al. (1981), Tatarinov (1977) and others.

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New analysis of variability of cheek teeth in Eurasian badgers (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Meles)

Russian Journal of …, 2002

... Caucasus, southern Middle Asia), arenarius-leptorhynchus (Europe east of the Volga River, Ura... more

The North Eurasian mammal assemblages during the end of MIS 3 (Brianskian–Late Karginian–Denekamp Interstadial)

Quaternary International, 2010

Abundant Northern Eurasian mammal data have been collected from deposits of the final part of MIS... more Abundant Northern Eurasian mammal data have been collected from deposits of the final part of MIS 3 (Brianskian-Late Karginian-Denekamp Interstadial). They indicate a period of some warming with respect to climates associated with the encompassing glacial deposits. The unique structure of mammal assemblages of this interval was distinguished during this study. All mammal assemblages of Northern Eurasia related to the end of MIS 3 are characterized by ''mixed'', ''non-analogue'' species composition. The mammals which now inhabit different natural zones (tundra, steppe, forest) occurred together in different combinations over the huge territories of Northern Eurasia. The Northern Eurasian mammalian assemblages correlated with the end of MIS 3 were closer in the species composition to the faunas of cold stages of the Last Glaciation than to interglacial ones. Mathematical methods elucidate the principal and local characteristics of the structure and geographical position of mammal assemblages through most Eurasia between 33 and 24 ka BP.

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Population ecology of the common mole rat Spalax microphthalmus Guld. (SPALACIDAE, RODENTIA)

Morphological diversity in the postnatal skull development in representatives of two families of rodents (Spalacidae, Castoridae, Rodentia)

Russian Journal of Developmental Biology, 2014

Ecosystems of Eastern Europe in the Holocene Atlantic Optimum Based on Floristic and Theriologic Data

Doklady Earth Sciences, 2003

undra and forest of the Russian Arctic: the interaction vector in the context of current climate warming

Ecosystems of eastern europe in the late glacial maximum of the Valdai glaciation (24-18 ka B.P.) based on floristic and theriological data

Doklady Earth Sciences, 2002

Comparing various forms of morphological diversity by means of dispersion analysis (exemplified by studying measurable morphological traits variation in three rodent genera, Mammalia)

Semantic aspect of biodiversity

Î âåðîÿòíîé ãèáðèäèçàöèè ìåæäó Meles meles è M. leucurus (Carnivora, Mustelidae) íà ãðàíèöå âèäîâûõ àðåàëîâ â Çàïàäíîì Òÿíü-Øàíå

Evolution of Mammalian Diversity in the Late Pleistocene–Middle Holocene of the Mountainous Regions of Northern Eurasia: Between Two Interglacials

Biology Bulletin

Evolution and Morphological Variability of Cheek Teeth in the Kudaro Cave Bear (Ursus kudarensis, Carnivora, Ursidae)

Biology Bulletin

European small mammal faunas during Dnieper (Saale) glaciation and transition to the Mikulino (Eem) interglacial

Quaternary International

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North China Zokor in Primorsky Krai: Distribution, Contemporary Ecological Condition, Genetic Diversity, Taxonomy and Conservation Status

сборник, 2018

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Evolution of mammal species composition and species richness during the Late Pleistocene - Holocene transition in Europe: A general view at the regional scale

Quaternary International

Diversity dynamics of large- and medium-sized mammals in the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene on the East European Plain: Systems approach

Quaternary International, 2015

VERTEBRATE RECORDS | Late Pleistocene of Northern Asia

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, 2007

Environmental and Health Atlas of Russia

BMJ, 1996

Craniological variability of the zokors (Myospalacinae) with simplified first upper molar

Eastern European mammoth distribution and environments during the Middle Valdai Briansk Interstade ( 33 , 000-24 , 000 BP )

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New analysis of variability of cheek teeth in Eurasian badgers (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Meles)

Russian Journal of …, 2002

... Caucasus, southern Middle Asia), arenarius-leptorhynchus (Europe east of the Volga River, Ura... more

The North Eurasian mammal assemblages during the end of MIS 3 (Brianskian–Late Karginian–Denekamp Interstadial)

Quaternary International, 2010

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Evolution of European Ecosystems during Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24-8 kyr BP)

by Andrey Puzachenko, I. Golovachev, Anastasia K Markova, and Matthijs van Kolfschoten

Evolution of European Ecosystems duringPleistocene-Holocene transition (24-8 kyr BP), 2019

The evolution of ecosystems in Europe during 24 - 8 kyr BP based on the mammalian and floristic d... more The evolution of ecosystems in Europe during 24 - 8 kyr BP based on the mammalian and floristic data was revealed. The ecosystems of Europe for principal intervals of the second part of last glaciation and the Early Holocene were reconstructed. A more than 100 electronic maps with the mammalian and plant data for the interstadials and stadials of last glaciation and for the Preboreal and Boreal (Early Holocene)were constructed. The principal environmental and climatic changes during last 24 kyr BP were revealed.

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