Human potential of cities of the Siberian Federal District: Estimate of ethnic risks in the context of increasing migration

Could wild boar be the Trans‐Siberian transmitter of African swine fever?

“…The human population of Siberia has been estimated at about 19 million persons (Soboleva, Oktyabr’Skaya, & Antropov, 2014), implying an average density of about 1.5 persons/km 2 . The population is concentrated (10–50 persons/km 2 ) along the east‐west Trans‐Siberian/South Siberian transport corridor (Figure 1), the cultivated steppe in the southwest (10–50 persons/km 2 ) as well as along the Ob, Yenisei and Lena rivers (1–10 persons/km 2 ).…”