Broad-scale lake expansion and flooding inundates essential wood bison habitat

Climate change can affect lake water level and nearby landscape. Korosi and colleagues show recent expansion of shallow lakes in the Canadian Northwest Territories is flooding critical habitat for the wood bison, and demonstrate the trickle-down effect of climate change on ecosystem functioning.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Jennifer B. Korosi, Joshua R. Thienpont, Michael F. J. Pisaric, Peter deMontigny, Joelle T. Perreault, Jamylynn McDonald, Myrna J. Simpson, Terry Armstrong, Steven V. Kokelj, John P. Smol, Jules M. Blais
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Northwest Territories
Scale Lake
Wood Bison
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14510
https://doaj.org/article/1533f7eb684f45feb3c86a5930ff1db9
Description
Summary:Climate change can affect lake water level and nearby landscape. Korosi and colleagues show recent expansion of shallow lakes in the Canadian Northwest Territories is flooding critical habitat for the wood bison, and demonstrate the trickle-down effect of climate change on ecosystem functioning.

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