Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores
Assessing the role of weather in the dynamics of wildlife populations is a pressing task in the face of rapid environmental change. Rodents and ruminants are abundant herbivore species in most Arctic ecosystems, many of which are experiencing particularly rapid climate change. Their different life-h...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/25456 2023-05-15T14:25:54+02:00 Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores Stien, Audun Ims, Rolf Anker Albon, Steve D. Fuglei, Eva Irvine, R.J. Ropstad, Erik Halvorsen, Odd Langvatn, Rolf Loe, Leif Egil Veiberg, Vebjørn Yoccoz, Nigel 2012-09-26 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25456 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0764 eng eng The Royal Society Publishing Biology Letters Stien A, Ims RA, Albon SD, Fuglei E, Irvine R, Ropstad E, Halvorsen O, Langvatn R, Loe LE, Veiberg V, Yoccoz N. Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores. Biology Letters. 2012;8(6):1002-1005 FRIDAID 947967 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0764 1744-9561 1744-957X https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25456 openAccess Copyright 2012 The Royal Society Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2012 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0764 2022-06-15T22:58:57Z Assessing the role of weather in the dynamics of wildlife populations is a pressing task in the face of rapid environmental change. Rodents and ruminants are abundant herbivore species in most Arctic ecosystems, many of which are experiencing particularly rapid climate change. Their different life-history characteristics, with the exception of their trophic position, suggest that they should show different responses to environmental variation. Here we show that the only mammalian herbivores on the Arctic islands of Svalbard, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and sibling voles (Microtus levis), exhibit strong synchrony in population parameters. This synchrony is due to rain-on-snow events that cause ground ice and demonstrates that climate impacts can be similarly integrated and expressed in species with highly contrasting life histories. The finding suggests that responses of wildlife populations to climate variability and change might be more consistent in Polar regions than elsewhere owing to the strength of the climate impact and the simplicity of the ecosystem. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Rangifer tarandus Svalbard svalbard reindeer University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Svalbard Biology Letters 8 6 1002 1005 |
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Assessing the role of weather in the dynamics of wildlife populations is a pressing task in the face of rapid environmental change. Rodents and ruminants are abundant herbivore species in most Arctic ecosystems, many of which are experiencing particularly rapid climate change. Their different life-history characteristics, with the exception of their trophic position, suggest that they should show different responses to environmental variation. Here we show that the only mammalian herbivores on the Arctic islands of Svalbard, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and sibling voles (Microtus levis), exhibit strong synchrony in population parameters. This synchrony is due to rain-on-snow events that cause ground ice and demonstrates that climate impacts can be similarly integrated and expressed in species with highly contrasting life histories. The finding suggests that responses of wildlife populations to climate variability and change might be more consistent in Polar regions than elsewhere owing to the strength of the climate impact and the simplicity of the ecosystem. |
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Stien, Audun Ims, Rolf Anker Albon, Steve D. Fuglei, Eva Irvine, R.J. Ropstad, Erik Halvorsen, Odd Langvatn, Rolf Loe, Leif Egil Veiberg, Vebjørn Yoccoz, Nigel |
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Stien, Audun Ims, Rolf Anker Albon, Steve D. Fuglei, Eva Irvine, R.J. Ropstad, Erik Halvorsen, Odd Langvatn, Rolf Loe, Leif Egil Veiberg, Vebjørn Yoccoz, Nigel Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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Stien, Audun Ims, Rolf Anker Albon, Steve D. Fuglei, Eva Irvine, R.J. Ropstad, Erik Halvorsen, Odd Langvatn, Rolf Loe, Leif Egil Veiberg, Vebjørn Yoccoz, Nigel |
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Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores |
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Biology Letters Stien A, Ims RA, Albon SD, Fuglei E, Irvine R, Ropstad E, Halvorsen O, Langvatn R, Loe LE, Veiberg V, Yoccoz N. Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores. Biology Letters. 2012;8(6):1002-1005 FRIDAID 947967 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0764 1744-9561 1744-957X https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25456 |
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