Research overview: Amur tiger conservation in the Russian Far East

The Amur tiger of the Russian Far East and northeast China recovered from near-extinction in the mid-twentieth century to a stable population spread across vast temperate forests. This overview surveys research on its ecology and protection, including very large home ranges driven by low prey density in cold climates, dependence on wild boar and deer, and vulnerability to poaching and logging that fragments habitat. Studies used radio-telemetry and camera traps to track survival, dispersal, and the effects of disease such as canine distemper. Conservation has emphasized anti-poaching brigades, protected areas, and transboundary cooperation. The Amur case illustrates both a genuine conservation success and the fragility of a population that, while geographically large, remains numerically small and genetically depauperate. The overview weighs these competing signals for the subspecies' future.