Incisor microwear of Arctic rodents as a proxy for microhabitat preference.

• Published in: Mammalian Biology
• Main Authors: Ungar, Peter S., Saylor, Lindsay, Sokolov, Aleksandr A., Sokolova, Natalia A., Gilg, Olivier, Montuire, Sophie, Royer, Aurélien
• Other Authors: Department of Anthropology University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (UB RAS), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC), Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Biogéosciences UMR 6282 Dijon (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research No: 18-05-60261, by the Russian Center of Development of the Arctic, “Yamal-LNG” company and Government of the Yamal Nenets Autonomous District, of University of Arkansas Honors College, and support from US National Science Foundation Award No: 1927793.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Russia; Siberian lemming; Narrow-headed vole; Tooth wear; Environment; Yamal Peninsula; Habitats; Tundra; Arctic; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Burrows; Lemmus sibiricus
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03388427; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03388427/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03388427/file/temp.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00138-x

International audience Changing environmental conditions in the Arctic make it important to document and understand habitat preferences and flexibility of vulnerable high-latitude mammals. Indirect proxies are especially useful for elusive species, such as rodents. This study explores incisor microw...