Demographic response of tundra small mammals to a snow fencing experiment

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Bilodeau, Frederic, Reid, Donald, Gauthier, Gilles, Krebs, Charles, Berteaux, D, Kenney, Alice
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Yukon; Bylot Island; Herschel Island; Komakuk Beach; Climate change; Herschel; Tundra
• Online Access: https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/publications/bfe93fa3-9028-4f25-a8d9-bd71bb6ae845; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00220.x

Snow cover is a key environmental component for tundra wildlife that will be aff ected by climate change. Change to the snow cover may aff ect the population dynamics of high-latitude small mammals, which are active throughout the winter and reproduce under the snow. We experimentally tested the hyp...