Arctic Insects as Indicators of Environmental Change
The great diversity of terrestrial arthropods in the Arctic suggests that these organisms are especially useful to monitor environmental change there, where warming as a result of climatic change is expected to be especially pronounced and where current conditions are limiting for many organisms. Ba...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64444 2023-05-15T14:19:11+02:00 Arctic Insects as Indicators of Environmental Change Danks, H.V. 1992-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64444 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64444/48379 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64444 ARCTIC; Vol. 45 No. 2 (1992): June: 105–210; 159-166 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Bioclimatology Climate change Effects monitoring Effects of climate on plants Insects Plant distribution Alaska Canada Canadian Arctic info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1992 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:38Z The great diversity of terrestrial arthropods in the Arctic suggests that these organisms are especially useful to monitor environmental change there, where warming as a result of climatic change is expected to be especially pronounced and where current conditions are limiting for many organisms. Based on existing information about arctic faunas and how they differ from temperate ones, this paper suggests several elements, including ratios and other quantitative indexes, that can be used for long-term evaluations of change. These elements include composition indexes, range limits, marker species, interspecific ratios, relationship shifts, phenological and physiological indicators, and key sites. Using such elements in a planned way would exploit the diversity of arctic insects and emphasize their importance in arctic systems.Key words: arctic arthropods, arctic insects, arctic fauna, climatic change, environmental changem, onitoring, indicator species, long-term research RÉSUMÉ. La grande diversité d’arthropodes terrestres dans l’Arctique suggère que ces organismes se prêtent particulièrement bien à la surveillance des changements qui prennent place dans cet environnement, où l’on s’attend à un réchauffement assez prononcé suite aux changements climatiques et où les conditions actuelles sont défavorables à beaucoup d’organismes. En s’appuyant sur l’information actuelle concernant les espèces arctiques et la façon dont elles diffèrent des espèces tempérées, cet article propose divers éléments, y compris des rapports et d’autres index quantitatifs, à utiliser pour effectuer une évaluation à long terme des changements. Ces éléments comprennent les index de composition, les limites de territoire, les espèces repères, les rapports interspécifiques, les modifications des liens, les indicateurs phénologiques et physiologiques ainsi que les sites clés. L’utilisation planifiée de ces éléments permettrait d’exploiter la diversité des insectes arctiques et de souligner leur importance dans les systèmes arctiques.Mots clés: arthropodes, insectes arctiques, faune arctique, changement climatique, changement environnemental, surveillance, espèces indicatrices, recherche à long terme Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctique* Climate change Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada ARCTIC 45 2 |
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The great diversity of terrestrial arthropods in the Arctic suggests that these organisms are especially useful to monitor environmental change there, where warming as a result of climatic change is expected to be especially pronounced and where current conditions are limiting for many organisms. Based on existing information about arctic faunas and how they differ from temperate ones, this paper suggests several elements, including ratios and other quantitative indexes, that can be used for long-term evaluations of change. These elements include composition indexes, range limits, marker species, interspecific ratios, relationship shifts, phenological and physiological indicators, and key sites. Using such elements in a planned way would exploit the diversity of arctic insects and emphasize their importance in arctic systems.Key words: arctic arthropods, arctic insects, arctic fauna, climatic change, environmental changem, onitoring, indicator species, long-term research RÉSUMÉ. La grande diversité d’arthropodes terrestres dans l’Arctique suggère que ces organismes se prêtent particulièrement bien à la surveillance des changements qui prennent place dans cet environnement, où l’on s’attend à un réchauffement assez prononcé suite aux changements climatiques et où les conditions actuelles sont défavorables à beaucoup d’organismes. En s’appuyant sur l’information actuelle concernant les espèces arctiques et la façon dont elles diffèrent des espèces tempérées, cet article propose divers éléments, y compris des rapports et d’autres index quantitatifs, à utiliser pour effectuer une évaluation à long terme des changements. Ces éléments comprennent les index de composition, les limites de territoire, les espèces repères, les rapports interspécifiques, les modifications des liens, les indicateurs phénologiques et physiologiques ainsi que les sites clés. L’utilisation planifiée de ces éléments permettrait d’exploiter la diversité des insectes arctiques et de souligner leur importance dans les systèmes arctiques.Mots clés: arthropodes, insectes arctiques, faune arctique, changement climatique, changement environnemental, surveillance, espèces indicatrices, recherche à long terme |
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