Emergent rainy winter warm spells may promote boreal predator expansion into the arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Sokolov, Aleksandr A., Sokolova, Natalya A., Ims, Rolf Anker, Brucker, Ludovic, Ehrich, Dorothee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Institute of North America 2016
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486; Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus); red fox (Vulpes vulpes); Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix); domestic reindeer; ground icing; rain on snow; food web; range expansion; Arctic; Yamal Peninsula; Arctic biodiversity; Arctic Fox; Climate change; Tundra; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10499; https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4559

Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4559 Climate change has been characterized as the most serious threat to Arctic biodiversity. In addition to gradual changes such as climate warming, extreme weather events, such as melting temperatures in winter and rain on snow, can hav...