The Daurian Nature Reserve () is a Russian zapovednik (strict nature reserve) situated in the southern part of

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, close to the border with

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. It is part of a

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named "The Landscapes of Dauria". The reserve was established in 1987 to protect the dry steppes and wetlands of South Siberia. It is contiguous with the Dornod Mongol Biosphere Reserve in Mongolia, a area of steppe immediately to the south. The reserve comprises , of which about constitute the buffer zone which surrounds several protected core zones. The core area is of about and is divided into 9 plots. The buffer zone of the reserve covers the Torey Lakes: two large lakes called Barun-Torey and Zun-Torey.

Ecoregion and climate

The Daurian Reserve is located in the Daurian forest steppe ecoregion, a band of grassland, shrub terrain, and mixed forests in northeast

and a portion of Siberia, Russia. The climate at the Daurian Reserve is '' Subarctic climate, dry winter'' (

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Subarctic climate(Dwc)). This climate is characterized by mild summers (only 1-3 months above ) and cold winters having monthly precipitation less than one-tenth of the wettest summer month.

Flora and fauna

The vertebrate fauna includes 48 mammal species, 317 bird species, 3 reptile species, 3 amphibian species and 4 species of fish. In addition, there are about 800 species of insects. The reserve also contains 1 colony of the rare '' Iris potaninii''. It had been planned to introduce the Przewalski horse to the reserve in the 1980s, but the plans were cancelled following the collapse of the Soviet Union, although hopes for their implementation were rekindled in 2009. Mammals of the reserve included on the IUCN red list are dzeren, pallas cat and Daurian hedgehog. Daurian reservate

Recently a new zakaznik, the Dzeren Valley (Долина дзерена), has been created in the area to ensure migration of the dzeren between Russia and Mongolia.WWF-Russia (November 2011)
New refuge for Mongolian Gazelle
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References

External links

Daursky Nature Reserve at www.rusnature.info

Daursky Nature Reserve at mapcarta.com

Whitleyaward - Vadim Kirilyuk: Research and Conservation of migrating Mongolian Gazelles across Russian-Mongolian Border, Russia

Daursky Nature Reserve at official site daurzapoved.com
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Ecoregion and climate

Flora and fauna

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