Animal-borne sensors as a biologically informed lens on a changing climate

D Ellis-Soto, M Wikelski, W Jetz - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
As climate change transforms the biosphere, more comprehensive and biologically relevant
measurements of changing conditions are needed. Traditional climate measurements are …

Competitive overlap between martens Martes americana and Martes caurina and fishers Pekania pennanti: a rangewide perspective and synthesis

JN Pauli, PJ Manlick, JM Tucker, GB Smith… - Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Competition is a major determinant of where species occur and how species interact.
Among carnivorans, interspecific competition is particularly apparent, as many of these …

A Lagrangian snow‐evolution system for sea‐ice applications (SnowModel‐LG): Part I—Model description

GE Liston, P Itkin, J Stroeve, M Tschudi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A Lagrangian snow‐evolution model (SnowModel‐LG) was used to produce daily, pan‐
Arctic, snow‐on‐sea‐ice, snow property distributions on a 25× 25‐km grid, from 1 August …

Interactive effects of wildfires, season and predator activity shape mule deer movements

TR Ganz, MT DeVivo, BN Kertson… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires are increasing in size, frequency and severity due to climate change and fire
suppression, but the direct and indirect effects on wildlife remain largely unresolved. Fire …

Tactical departures and strategic arrivals: Divergent effects of climate and weather on caribou spring migrations

E Gurarie, M Hebblewhite, K Joly, AP Kelly… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic has been warming rapidly, affecting ecological processes across the region.
Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is a keystone Arctic species undergoing declines …

High-resolution CubeSat imagery and machine learning for detailed snow-covered area

AF Cannistra, DE Shean, NC Cristea - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Snow cover affects a diverse array of physical, ecological, and societal systems. As such, the
development of optical remote sensing techniques to measure snow-covered area (SCA) …

[HTML][HTML] Canopy structure, topography, and weather are equally important drivers of small-scale snow cover dynamics in sub-alpine forests

G Mazzotti, C Webster, L Quéno… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
In mountain regions, forests that overlap with seasonal snow mostly reside in complex
terrain. Due to persisting major observational challenges in these environments, the …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the spatiotemporal variability in snow depth in subarctic environments using UASs–Part 1: Measurements, processing, and accuracy assessment

A Rauhala, LJ Meriö, A Kuzmin, P Korpelainen… - The …, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Snow conditions in the Northern Hemisphere are rapidly changing, and information on snow
depth is critical for decision-making and other societal needs. Uncrewed or unmanned …

Snow avalanches are a primary climate-linked driver of mountain ungulate populations

KS White, E Hood, GJ Wolken, EH Peitzsch… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Snow is a major, climate-sensitive feature of the Earth's surface and catalyst of
fundamentally important ecosystem processes. Understanding how snow influences …

Evidence for an Adaptive, Large‐Scale Range Shift in a Long‐Distance Terrestrial Migrant

E Gurarie, C Beaupré, O Couriot… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐distance migrations are a striking, and strikingly successful, adaptation for highly
mobile terrestrial animals in seasonal environments. However, it remains an open question …