Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of arctic species in the context of environmental change
The individual of a species is the basic unit which responds to climate and UV-B changes, and it responds over a wide range of time scales. The diversity of animal, plant and microbial species appears to be low in the Arctic, and decreases from the boreal forests to the polar deserts of the extreme...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:cec0c7ec-5f31-41e2-8b1b-5bcc295c43ba 2023-05-15T14:35:12+02:00 Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of arctic species in the context of environmental change Callaghan, Terry V. Björn, Lars Olof Chernov, Yuri Chapin, Terry Christensen, Torben Huntley, Brian Ims, Rolf A. Johansson, Margareta Jolly, Dyanna Jonasson, Sven Matveyeva, Nadya Panikov, Nicolai Oechel, Walter Shaver, Gus Elster, Josef Henttonen, Heikki Laine, Kari Taulavuori, Kari Taulavuori, Erja Zöckler, Christoph 2004 application/pdf https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/132492 https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-33.7.404 https://portal.research.lu.se/files/4696924/624316.pdf eng eng Springer https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/132492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-33.7.404 https://portal.research.lu.se/files/4696924/624316.pdf wos:000225006300004 pmid:15573569 scopus:8844246435 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Ambio: a Journal of Human Environment; 33(7), pp 404-417 (2004) ISSN: 0044-7447 Physical Geography Biological Sciences contributiontojournal/systematicreview info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2004 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-33.7.404 2023-02-01T23:27:39Z The individual of a species is the basic unit which responds to climate and UV-B changes, and it responds over a wide range of time scales. The diversity of animal, plant and microbial species appears to be low in the Arctic, and decreases from the boreal forests to the polar deserts of the extreme North but primitive species are particularly abundant. This latitudinal decline is associated with an increase in super-dominant species that occupy a wide range of habitats. Climate warming is expected to reduce the abundance and restrict the ranges of such species and to affect species at their northern range boundaries more than in the South: some Arctic animal and plant specialists could face extinction. Species most likely to expand into tundra are boreal species that currently exist as outlier populations in the Arctic. Many plant species have characteristics that allow them to survive short snow-free growing seasons, low solar angles, permafrost and low soil temperatures, low nutrient availability and physical disturbance. Many of these characteristics are likely to limit species responses to climate warming, but mainly because of poor competitive ability compared with potential immigrant species. Terrestrial Arctic animals possess many adaptations that enable them to persist under a wide range of temperatures in the Arctic. Many escape unfavorable weather and resource shortage by winter dormancy or by migration. The biotic environment of Arctic animal species is relatively simple with few enemies, competitors, diseases, parasites and available food resources. Terrestrial Arctic animals are likely to be most vulnerable to warmer and drier summers, climatic changes that interfere with migration routes and staging areas, altered snow conditions and freeze-thaw cycles in winter, climate-induced disruption of the seasonal timing of reproduction and development, and influx of new competitors, predators, parasites and diseases. Arctic microorganisms are also well adapted to the Arctics climate: some can metabolize at ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Tundra Lund University Publications (LUP) Arctic AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 33 7 404 417 |
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The individual of a species is the basic unit which responds to climate and UV-B changes, and it responds over a wide range of time scales. The diversity of animal, plant and microbial species appears to be low in the Arctic, and decreases from the boreal forests to the polar deserts of the extreme North but primitive species are particularly abundant. This latitudinal decline is associated with an increase in super-dominant species that occupy a wide range of habitats. Climate warming is expected to reduce the abundance and restrict the ranges of such species and to affect species at their northern range boundaries more than in the South: some Arctic animal and plant specialists could face extinction. Species most likely to expand into tundra are boreal species that currently exist as outlier populations in the Arctic. Many plant species have characteristics that allow them to survive short snow-free growing seasons, low solar angles, permafrost and low soil temperatures, low nutrient availability and physical disturbance. Many of these characteristics are likely to limit species responses to climate warming, but mainly because of poor competitive ability compared with potential immigrant species. Terrestrial Arctic animals possess many adaptations that enable them to persist under a wide range of temperatures in the Arctic. Many escape unfavorable weather and resource shortage by winter dormancy or by migration. The biotic environment of Arctic animal species is relatively simple with few enemies, competitors, diseases, parasites and available food resources. Terrestrial Arctic animals are likely to be most vulnerable to warmer and drier summers, climatic changes that interfere with migration routes and staging areas, altered snow conditions and freeze-thaw cycles in winter, climate-induced disruption of the seasonal timing of reproduction and development, and influx of new competitors, predators, parasites and diseases. Arctic microorganisms are also well adapted to the Arctics climate: some can metabolize at ... |
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Callaghan, Terry V. Björn, Lars Olof Chernov, Yuri Chapin, Terry Christensen, Torben Huntley, Brian Ims, Rolf A. Johansson, Margareta Jolly, Dyanna Jonasson, Sven Matveyeva, Nadya Panikov, Nicolai Oechel, Walter Shaver, Gus Elster, Josef Henttonen, Heikki Laine, Kari Taulavuori, Kari Taulavuori, Erja Zöckler, Christoph |
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Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of arctic species in the context of environmental change |
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Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of arctic species in the context of environmental change |
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Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of arctic species in the context of environmental change |
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