Ph.D.
Leading Engineer
nimarkov@ipae.uran.ru
Research interests:
My research focuses on the mechanisms of adaptation that allow animals to survive and persist at the edges of their geographical ranges. Marginal populations often experience challenging environmental conditions, and they provide unique opportunities to study the ecological and evolutionary processes shaping adaptation.
I investigate how genetic, morphological, spatial, trophic, and behavioural characteristics contribute to the persistence of populations in peripheral habitats. My research subjects include large and medium-sized mammals, particularly the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus), and Asian Badger (Meles leucurus).
My Ph.D. research, conducted at the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, focused on the biology and population dynamics of the Wild Boar in the Middle Urals. The study examined natural range expansion, population structure, morphology, dispersal, and the ecological consequences of species introduction.