Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends?
Lemmings are a key component of tundra food webs and changes in their dynamics can affect the whole ecosystem. We present a comprehensive overview of lemming monitoring and research activities, and assess recent trends in lemming abundance across the circumpolar Arctic. Since 2000, lemmings have bee...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2607690 2023-05-15T14:33:01+02:00 Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? Ehrich, Dorothee Schmidt, Niels M. Gauthier, Gilles Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Clark, Karin Ecke, Frauke Eide, Nina Elisabeth Framstad, Erik Frandsen, Jay Franke, Alastair Gilg, Olivier Giroux, Marie-Andrée Henttonen, Heikki Hörnfeldt, Birger Ims, Rolf Anker Kataev, Gennadiy D. Kharitonov, Sergey P. Killengreen, Siw Turid Krebs, Charles J. Lanctot, Richard B. Lecomte, Nicolas Menyushina, Irina Morris, Douglas W. Morrisson, Guy Oksanen, Lauri Oksanen, Tarja Maarit Olofsson, Johan Pokrovsky, Ivan G. Popov, Igor Yu. Reid, Don Roth, James D. Saalfeld, Sarah T. Samelius, Gustaf Sittler, Benoit Sleptsov, Sergey M. Smith, Paul Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Soloviev, Mikhail Y. Solovyeva, Diana Arctic 2019 application/octet-stream http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2607690 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01198-7 eng eng urn:issn:0044-7447 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2607690 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01198-7 cristin:1714218 © Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2019 Ambio Arctic Dicrostonyx Lemmus Population monitoring Temporal trends Small rodent VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Journal article Peer reviewed 2019 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01198-7 2021-12-23T07:16:54Z Lemmings are a key component of tundra food webs and changes in their dynamics can affect the whole ecosystem. We present a comprehensive overview of lemming monitoring and research activities, and assess recent trends in lemming abundance across the circumpolar Arctic. Since 2000, lemmings have been monitored at 49 sites of which 38 are still active. The sites were not evenly distributed with notably Russia and high Arctic Canada underrepresented. Abundance was monitored at all sites, but methods and levels of precision varied greatly. Other important attributes such as health, genetic diversity and potential drivers of population change, were often not monitored. There was no evidence that lemming populations were decreasing in general, although a negative trend was detected for low arctic populations sympatric with voles. To keep the pace of arctic change, we recommend maintaining long-term programmes while harmonizing methods, improving spatial coverage and integrating an ecosystem perspective. acceptedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tundra Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Canada Ambio 49 3 786 800 |
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Arctic Dicrostonyx Lemmus Population monitoring Temporal trends Small rodent VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Ehrich, Dorothee Schmidt, Niels M. Gauthier, Gilles Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Clark, Karin Ecke, Frauke Eide, Nina Elisabeth Framstad, Erik Frandsen, Jay Franke, Alastair Gilg, Olivier Giroux, Marie-Andrée Henttonen, Heikki Hörnfeldt, Birger Ims, Rolf Anker Kataev, Gennadiy D. Kharitonov, Sergey P. Killengreen, Siw Turid Krebs, Charles J. Lanctot, Richard B. Lecomte, Nicolas Menyushina, Irina Morris, Douglas W. Morrisson, Guy Oksanen, Lauri Oksanen, Tarja Maarit Olofsson, Johan Pokrovsky, Ivan G. Popov, Igor Yu. Reid, Don Roth, James D. Saalfeld, Sarah T. Samelius, Gustaf Sittler, Benoit Sleptsov, Sergey M. Smith, Paul Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Soloviev, Mikhail Y. Solovyeva, Diana Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? |
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Lemmings are a key component of tundra food webs and changes in their dynamics can affect the whole ecosystem. We present a comprehensive overview of lemming monitoring and research activities, and assess recent trends in lemming abundance across the circumpolar Arctic. Since 2000, lemmings have been monitored at 49 sites of which 38 are still active. The sites were not evenly distributed with notably Russia and high Arctic Canada underrepresented. Abundance was monitored at all sites, but methods and levels of precision varied greatly. Other important attributes such as health, genetic diversity and potential drivers of population change, were often not monitored. There was no evidence that lemming populations were decreasing in general, although a negative trend was detected for low arctic populations sympatric with voles. To keep the pace of arctic change, we recommend maintaining long-term programmes while harmonizing methods, improving spatial coverage and integrating an ecosystem perspective. acceptedVersion |
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Ehrich, Dorothee Schmidt, Niels M. Gauthier, Gilles Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Clark, Karin Ecke, Frauke Eide, Nina Elisabeth Framstad, Erik Frandsen, Jay Franke, Alastair Gilg, Olivier Giroux, Marie-Andrée Henttonen, Heikki Hörnfeldt, Birger Ims, Rolf Anker Kataev, Gennadiy D. Kharitonov, Sergey P. Killengreen, Siw Turid Krebs, Charles J. Lanctot, Richard B. Lecomte, Nicolas Menyushina, Irina Morris, Douglas W. Morrisson, Guy Oksanen, Lauri Oksanen, Tarja Maarit Olofsson, Johan Pokrovsky, Ivan G. Popov, Igor Yu. Reid, Don Roth, James D. Saalfeld, Sarah T. Samelius, Gustaf Sittler, Benoit Sleptsov, Sergey M. Smith, Paul Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Soloviev, Mikhail Y. Solovyeva, Diana |
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Ehrich, Dorothee Schmidt, Niels M. Gauthier, Gilles Alisauskas, Ray Angerbjörn, Anders Clark, Karin Ecke, Frauke Eide, Nina Elisabeth Framstad, Erik Frandsen, Jay Franke, Alastair Gilg, Olivier Giroux, Marie-Andrée Henttonen, Heikki Hörnfeldt, Birger Ims, Rolf Anker Kataev, Gennadiy D. Kharitonov, Sergey P. Killengreen, Siw Turid Krebs, Charles J. Lanctot, Richard B. Lecomte, Nicolas Menyushina, Irina Morris, Douglas W. Morrisson, Guy Oksanen, Lauri Oksanen, Tarja Maarit Olofsson, Johan Pokrovsky, Ivan G. Popov, Igor Yu. Reid, Don Roth, James D. Saalfeld, Sarah T. Samelius, Gustaf Sittler, Benoit Sleptsov, Sergey M. Smith, Paul Sokolov, Aleksandr A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Soloviev, Mikhail Y. Solovyeva, Diana |
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Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? |
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Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? |
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Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? |
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Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? |
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Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? |
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documenting lemming population change in the arctic: can we detect trends? |
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