Research overview: Amur tiger dispersal and range recovery

This overview synthesizes telemetry research on Amur, or Siberian, tigers in the Russian Far East, where GPS collars have revealed enormous home ranges, long movements through snow-bound boreal forest, and dispersal that underpins the species' slow range recovery. Tigers here occupy some of the largest territories recorded for the cat, reflecting low prey density across vast taiga. The overview discusses how movement data have informed protected-area design, anti-poaching patrols, conflict mitigation near villages, and efforts to reconnect Russian populations with historical range in northeast China. It also covers the logistical extremes of tracking big cats in a harsh, remote environment. Amur tiger movement studies exemplify how telemetry guides recovery of a low-density apex predator across an immense, sparsely populated landscape.