An ecosystem-wide reproductive failure with more snow in the Arctic

In summer 2018, many arctic regions experienced unprecedented large amounts of snow. This Perspective article reports the ecological impacts of this extreme event, and shows that the severe snow conditions resulted in an almost complete reproductive failure across the entire ecosystem. The 2018 may...

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Published in:PLOS Biology
Main Authors: Schmidt, Niels Martin, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg, Olesen, Martin, Roslin, Tomas
Other Authors: Research Centre for Ecological Change, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE 2020
Subjects:
1181 Ecology
evolutionary biology
1172 Environmental sciences
Arctic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/309619
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Summary:In summer 2018, many arctic regions experienced unprecedented large amounts of snow. This Perspective article reports the ecological impacts of this extreme event, and shows that the severe snow conditions resulted in an almost complete reproductive failure across the entire ecosystem. The 2018 may be a rare event, but it also offers a gloomy peep into the future. Peer reviewed

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