Shrub-dwelling species are joining the Arctic passerine bird community in the Chaun Delta (Western Chukotka, Russia)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ktitorov, Pavel, Ivanov, Stepan, Kornilova, Evgenia, Kulikova, Olga, Ris, Harald, Sokolovskis, Kristaps, Solovyeva, Diana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; Climate change; Community dynamic; Shrubification; Tundra; Arctic; Chaun; Chukotka; Polar Biology; Lapland; Siberia
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2775a0f6-2271-4fde-94b4-e3e76db527c1; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02915-3

Avian communities play a pivotal role in Arctic ecosystems and birds have become the key model taxa for climate change research. Due to funding priorities, Arctic passerines have been studied less intensively than waterfowl and shorebirds. In our study, we aim to partly fill this gap and look at the...