Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore
As global warming advances, there is a growing concern about the impact of extreme weather events on ecosystems. In the Arctic, more frequent unseasonal warm spells and rain-on- snow events in winter cause changes in snow-pack properties, including ground icing. Such extreme weather events are known...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/50613 2023-05-15T14:27:43+02:00 Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore Loe, Leif Egil Hansen, Brage Bremset Stien, Audun Albon, Steve D. Bischof, Richard Carlsson, Anja M. Irvine, Justin Meland, Morten Rivrud, Inger Maren Ropstad, Erik Veiberg, Vebjørn Mysterud, Atle 2016-07-12T14:01:18Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/50613 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-54152 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1374 EN eng Ecological Society of America http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-54152 Loe, Leif Egil Hansen, Brage Bremset Stien, Audun Albon, Steve D. Bischof, Richard Carlsson, Anja M. Irvine, Justin Meland, Morten Rivrud, Inger Maren Ropstad, Erik Veiberg, Vebjørn Mysterud, Atle . Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore. Ecosphere. 2016, 7(6) http://hdl.handle.net/10852/50613 1367751 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Ecosphere&rft.volume=7&rft.spage=&rft.date=2016 Ecosphere 7 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1374 URN:NBN:no-54152 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/50613/1/Stien%2BBehavioral%2BEcosphere%2B7%2B6%2B2016.pdf Attribution 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY 2150-8925 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2016 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1374 2020-06-21T08:49:55Z As global warming advances, there is a growing concern about the impact of extreme weather events on ecosystems. In the Arctic, more frequent unseasonal warm spells and rain-on- snow events in winter cause changes in snow-pack properties, including ground icing. Such extreme weather events are known to have severe effects across trophic levels, for instance, causing die-offs of large herbivores. However, the extent to which individuals and populations are able to buffer such events through behavioral plasticity is poorly understood. Here, we analyze responses in space use to rain-on- snow and icing events, and their fitness correlates, in wild reindeer in high-Arctic Svalbard. Range displacement among GPS-collared females occurred mainly in icy winters to areas with less ice, lower over-winter body mass loss, lower mortality rate, and higher subsequent fecundity, than the departure area. Our study provides rare empirical evidence that mammals may buffer negative effects of climate change and extreme weather events by adjusting behavior in highly stochastic environments. Under global warming, behavioral buffering may be important for the long-term population persistence in mobile species with long generation time and therefore limited ability for rapid evolutionary adaptation. Arctic; climate; GPS; ice; ideal-free distribution; migration; movement; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; space use; Svalbard; Svalbard reindeer; time-to-event analysis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Global warming Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Svalbard svalbard reindeer Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Arctic Svalbard Ecosphere 7 6 |
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As global warming advances, there is a growing concern about the impact of extreme weather events on ecosystems. In the Arctic, more frequent unseasonal warm spells and rain-on- snow events in winter cause changes in snow-pack properties, including ground icing. Such extreme weather events are known to have severe effects across trophic levels, for instance, causing die-offs of large herbivores. However, the extent to which individuals and populations are able to buffer such events through behavioral plasticity is poorly understood. Here, we analyze responses in space use to rain-on- snow and icing events, and their fitness correlates, in wild reindeer in high-Arctic Svalbard. Range displacement among GPS-collared females occurred mainly in icy winters to areas with less ice, lower over-winter body mass loss, lower mortality rate, and higher subsequent fecundity, than the departure area. Our study provides rare empirical evidence that mammals may buffer negative effects of climate change and extreme weather events by adjusting behavior in highly stochastic environments. Under global warming, behavioral buffering may be important for the long-term population persistence in mobile species with long generation time and therefore limited ability for rapid evolutionary adaptation. Arctic; climate; GPS; ice; ideal-free distribution; migration; movement; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; space use; Svalbard; Svalbard reindeer; time-to-event analysis. |
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Loe, Leif Egil Hansen, Brage Bremset Stien, Audun Albon, Steve D. Bischof, Richard Carlsson, Anja M. Irvine, Justin Meland, Morten Rivrud, Inger Maren Ropstad, Erik Veiberg, Vebjørn Mysterud, Atle |
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Loe, Leif Egil Hansen, Brage Bremset Stien, Audun Albon, Steve D. Bischof, Richard Carlsson, Anja M. Irvine, Justin Meland, Morten Rivrud, Inger Maren Ropstad, Erik Veiberg, Vebjørn Mysterud, Atle Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore |
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Loe, Leif Egil Hansen, Brage Bremset Stien, Audun Albon, Steve D. Bischof, Richard Carlsson, Anja M. Irvine, Justin Meland, Morten Rivrud, Inger Maren Ropstad, Erik Veiberg, Vebjørn Mysterud, Atle |
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Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore |
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Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore |
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Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore |
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Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore |
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Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore |
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behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-arctic herbivore |
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Arctic Arctic Climate change Global warming Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Svalbard svalbard reindeer |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-54152 Loe, Leif Egil Hansen, Brage Bremset Stien, Audun Albon, Steve D. Bischof, Richard Carlsson, Anja M. Irvine, Justin Meland, Morten Rivrud, Inger Maren Ropstad, Erik Veiberg, Vebjørn Mysterud, Atle . Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore. Ecosphere. 2016, 7(6) http://hdl.handle.net/10852/50613 1367751 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Ecosphere&rft.volume=7&rft.spage=&rft.date=2016 Ecosphere 7 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1374 URN:NBN:no-54152 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/50613/1/Stien%2BBehavioral%2BEcosphere%2B7%2B6%2B2016.pdf |
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