Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations
The biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has developed pan-Arctic biodiversity monitoring plans to improve our ability to detect, understand and report on long-term change in Arctic biodiversity. The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) was identified as a target of future monitoring because of i...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2713 2023-05-15T13:19:53+02:00 Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations Berteaux, Dominique Thierry, Anne-Mathilde Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Buchel, Eric Doronina, Liliya Ehrich, Dorothee Eide, Nina E. Erlandsson, Rasmus Flagstad, Øystein Fuglei, Eva Gilg, Olivier Goltsman, Mikhail Henttonen, Heikki Ims, Rolf A. Killengreen, Siw T. Kondratyev, Alexander Kruchenkova, Elena Kruckenberg, Helmut Kulikova, Olga Landa, Arild Lang, Johannes Menyushina, Irina Mikhnevich, Julia Niemimaa, Jukka Norén, Karin Ollila, Tuomo Ovsyanikov, Nikita Pokrovskaya, Liya Pokrovsky, Ivan Rodnikova, Anna Roth, James D. Sabard, Brigitte Samelius, Gustaf Schmidt, Niels M. Sittler, Benoit Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Stickney, Alice Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut White, Paula A. 2018-11-23 application/pdf text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2713 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2713/6171 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2713/6172 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2713/6173 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2713 Polar Research; Vol. 36 No. (sup1) (2017): Special Issue: Arctic Fox Biology and Management 1751-8369 Alopex lagopus Arctic ecosystems biodiversity assessment biodiversity indicator data management protocol harmonization info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftjpolarres 2021-11-11T19:13:09Z The biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has developed pan-Arctic biodiversity monitoring plans to improve our ability to detect, understand and report on long-term change in Arctic biodiversity. The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) was identified as a target of future monitoring because of its circumpolar distribution, ecological importance and reliance on Arctic ecosystems. We provide the first exhaustive survey of contemporary Arctic fox monitoring programmes, describing 34 projects located in eight countries. Monitored populations covered equally the four climate zones of the species’ distribution, and there were large differences between populations in long-term trends, multi-annual fluctuations, diet composition, degree of competition with red fox and human interferences. Den density, number of active dens, number of breeding dens and litter size were assessed in almost all populations, while projects varied greatly with respect to monitoring of other variables indicative of population status, ecosystem state or ecosystem function. We review the benefits, opportunities and challenges to increased integration of monitoring projects. We argue that better harmonizing protocols of data collection and data management would allow new questions to be addressed while adding tremendous value to individual projects. However, despite many opportunities, challenges remain. We offer six recommendations that represent decisive progress toward a better integration of Arctic fox monitoring projects. Further, our work serves as a template that can be used to integrate monitoring efforts of other species, thereby providing a key step for future assessments of global biodiversity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic biodiversity Arctic Council Arctic Fox Arctic Polar Research Vulpes lagopus Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic |
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Alopex lagopus Arctic ecosystems biodiversity assessment biodiversity indicator data management protocol harmonization Berteaux, Dominique Thierry, Anne-Mathilde Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Buchel, Eric Doronina, Liliya Ehrich, Dorothee Eide, Nina E. Erlandsson, Rasmus Flagstad, Øystein Fuglei, Eva Gilg, Olivier Goltsman, Mikhail Henttonen, Heikki Ims, Rolf A. Killengreen, Siw T. Kondratyev, Alexander Kruchenkova, Elena Kruckenberg, Helmut Kulikova, Olga Landa, Arild Lang, Johannes Menyushina, Irina Mikhnevich, Julia Niemimaa, Jukka Norén, Karin Ollila, Tuomo Ovsyanikov, Nikita Pokrovskaya, Liya Pokrovsky, Ivan Rodnikova, Anna Roth, James D. Sabard, Brigitte Samelius, Gustaf Schmidt, Niels M. Sittler, Benoit Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Stickney, Alice Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut White, Paula A. Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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The biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has developed pan-Arctic biodiversity monitoring plans to improve our ability to detect, understand and report on long-term change in Arctic biodiversity. The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) was identified as a target of future monitoring because of its circumpolar distribution, ecological importance and reliance on Arctic ecosystems. We provide the first exhaustive survey of contemporary Arctic fox monitoring programmes, describing 34 projects located in eight countries. Monitored populations covered equally the four climate zones of the species’ distribution, and there were large differences between populations in long-term trends, multi-annual fluctuations, diet composition, degree of competition with red fox and human interferences. Den density, number of active dens, number of breeding dens and litter size were assessed in almost all populations, while projects varied greatly with respect to monitoring of other variables indicative of population status, ecosystem state or ecosystem function. We review the benefits, opportunities and challenges to increased integration of monitoring projects. We argue that better harmonizing protocols of data collection and data management would allow new questions to be addressed while adding tremendous value to individual projects. However, despite many opportunities, challenges remain. We offer six recommendations that represent decisive progress toward a better integration of Arctic fox monitoring projects. Further, our work serves as a template that can be used to integrate monitoring efforts of other species, thereby providing a key step for future assessments of global biodiversity. |
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Berteaux, Dominique Thierry, Anne-Mathilde Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Buchel, Eric Doronina, Liliya Ehrich, Dorothee Eide, Nina E. Erlandsson, Rasmus Flagstad, Øystein Fuglei, Eva Gilg, Olivier Goltsman, Mikhail Henttonen, Heikki Ims, Rolf A. Killengreen, Siw T. Kondratyev, Alexander Kruchenkova, Elena Kruckenberg, Helmut Kulikova, Olga Landa, Arild Lang, Johannes Menyushina, Irina Mikhnevich, Julia Niemimaa, Jukka Norén, Karin Ollila, Tuomo Ovsyanikov, Nikita Pokrovskaya, Liya Pokrovsky, Ivan Rodnikova, Anna Roth, James D. Sabard, Brigitte Samelius, Gustaf Schmidt, Niels M. Sittler, Benoit Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Stickney, Alice Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut White, Paula A. |
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Berteaux, Dominique Thierry, Anne-Mathilde Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Buchel, Eric Doronina, Liliya Ehrich, Dorothee Eide, Nina E. Erlandsson, Rasmus Flagstad, Øystein Fuglei, Eva Gilg, Olivier Goltsman, Mikhail Henttonen, Heikki Ims, Rolf A. Killengreen, Siw T. Kondratyev, Alexander Kruchenkova, Elena Kruckenberg, Helmut Kulikova, Olga Landa, Arild Lang, Johannes Menyushina, Irina Mikhnevich, Julia Niemimaa, Jukka Norén, Karin Ollila, Tuomo Ovsyanikov, Nikita Pokrovskaya, Liya Pokrovsky, Ivan Rodnikova, Anna Roth, James D. Sabard, Brigitte Samelius, Gustaf Schmidt, Niels M. Sittler, Benoit Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Stickney, Alice Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut White, Paula A. |
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Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations |
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Norwegian Polar Institute |
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Polar Research; Vol. 36 No. (sup1) (2017): Special Issue: Arctic Fox Biology and Management 1751-8369 |
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