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Comparative analysis of changes in Pasvik bird fauna over the latest one hundred years ( I.V. Za tsar inny) T his analytical discussion of changes in the bird population structure presents a comparative analysis of materials obtained by H. Schaa nning (early XX) and the latest data (late XX - early XXI), in respect of the River Paz valley except for the river estuary, fjords, coastline and islands in the Barents Sea. H. Schaanning’s book is uniquely irreplaceable for understanding of the processes in ecosystems of the forest border areas, as it gives an answer to the question: «What were ecosystems like in North Europe more than a hundred years ago?» The materials presented in the book give a good illustration of the bird population structure in the River Paz valley and a number of neighbor ing areas and serve as a starting point for fu rther comparative and analytical work aimed to study changes in the north taiga ecosystems. The territory of today’s Pasvik Reserve and the Trilateral park Pasvik-Inari is located in the high north of Green Belt of Fennoscandia. The ecosystems of the River Paz valley are unique because they are home to the northernmost coniferous forest in Europe. The changes in Pasvik bird population structure over the latest one hundred years have been influenced by various natural cli matic and man-caused factors resulting into ecosystems transformation. Practically, all bird habitats have undergone certain changes in this peri od, and new biological types - not typical of the local environment before - have emerged, and bird adjusted themselves to all of them. The forests suf fered from fires and cuttings of various kinds. Back at the time when Schaanning lived in Pasvik, agriculture actively developed on the river banks; today it only exists on the Norwegian side. World War II left its mark there. Later, active development of this area started: roads, communications and electric power lines were built, as well as military and civil facilities, forest cutting began, quarries and landfills emerged. Water ecosystems were also 1 8 5