Research overview: Amur tiger habitat and climate change in temperate forests

The Amur tiger inhabits the temperate and boreal forests of the Russian Far East and northeast China, a very different climate context from tropical tiger populations. This overview surveys how climate change may affect these northern forests through shifts in vegetation, prey such as wild boar and deer, and the Korean pine and oak mast that drives prey dynamics, alongside threats from logging, fire, and infrastructure. It reviews the role of harsh winters and snow in this northernmost tiger range. The synthesis frames the Amur tiger as a cold-climate big cat whose habitat futures hinge on temperate-forest dynamics, illustrating how the same species faces opposite ends of the climate spectrum across its fragmented global range.