Scientific contributions and lessons learned from 30 years of ecological monitoring of the Bylot Island tundra ecosystem

G Gauthier, D Berteaux, J Bêty, P Legagneux… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Arctic tundra has a relatively low biodiversity but species living there have unique
adaptations and are exposed to unprecedented rates of climate warming. Monitoring …

Circumpolar terrestrial arthropod monitoring: A review of ongoing activities, opportunities and challenges, with a focus on spiders

MAK Gillespie, M Alfredsson, IC Barrio, J Bowden… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
The terrestrial chapter of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) has
the potential to bring international multi-taxon, long-term monitoring together, but detailed …

Phenological mismatch in Arctic‐breeding shorebirds: Impact of snowmelt and unpredictable weather conditions on food availability and chick growth

ST Saalfeld, DC McEwen, DC Kesler… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological consequences of climate change have been recognized in numerous
species, with perhaps phenology being the most well‐documented change. Phenological …

Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates

E Kwon, EL Weiser, RB Lanctot, SC Brown… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Responses to climate change can vary across functional groups and trophic levels, leading
to a temporal decoupling of trophic interactions or “phenological mismatches.” Despite a …

Interaction webs in arctic ecosystems: Determinants of arctic change?

NM Schmidt, B Hardwick, O Gilg, TT Høye, PH Krogh… - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
How species interact modulate their dynamics, their response to environmental change, and
ultimately the functioning and stability of entire communities. Work conducted at Zackenberg …

A circumpolar study unveils a positive non‐linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming‐induced trophic mismatch …

A Chagnon‐Lafortune, É Duchesne… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonally abundant arthropods are a crucial food source for many migratory birds that
breed in the Arctic. In cold environments, the growth and emergence of arthropods are …

Differential arthropod responses to warming are altering the structure of Arctic communities

AM Koltz, NM Schmidt, TT Høye - Royal Society Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Arctic is experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the planet. Although many
studies have documented responses to such warming by individual species, the …

Greater shrub dominance alters breeding habitat and food resources for migratory songbirds in Alaskan arctic tundra

NT Boelman, L Gough, J Wingfield… - Global Change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is affecting the Arctic in multiple ways, including via increased dominance
of deciduous shrubs. Although many studies have focused on how this vegetation shift is …

Status and trends of terrestrial arthropod abundance and diversity in the North Atlantic region of the Arctic

MAK Gillespie, M Alfredsson, IC Barrio, JJ Bowden… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) provides an
opportunity to improve our knowledge of Arctic arthropod diversity, but initial baseline …

Warming Arctic summers unlikely to increase productivity of shorebirds through renesting

ST Saalfeld, BL Hill, CM Hunter, CJ Frost… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change in the Arctic is leading to earlier summers, creating a phenological
mismatch between the hatching of insectivorous birds and the availability of their …