Cold truths: how winter drives responses of terrestrial organisms to climate change

CM Williams, HAL Henry, BJ Sinclair - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Winter is a key driver of individual performance, community composition, and ecological
interactions in terrestrial habitats. Although climate change research tends to focus on …

Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve

HP Andreassen, J Sundell, F Ecke, S Halle… - Oecologia, 2021 - Springer
Most small rodent populations in the world have fascinating population dynamics. In the
northern hemisphere, voles and lemmings tend to show population cycles with regular …

Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores

T Cornulier, NG Yoccoz, V Bretagnolle, JE Brommer… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Suggestions of collapse in small herbivore cycles since the 1980s have raised concerns
about the loss of essential ecosystem functions. Whether such phenomena are general and …

Climate events synchronize the dynamics of a resident vertebrate community in the high Arctic

BB Hansen, V Grøtan, R Aanes, BE Sæther, A Stien… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Recently accumulated evidence has documented a climate impact on the demography and
dynamics of single species, yet the impact at the community level is poorly understood …

Taking the beat of the Arctic: are lemming population cycles changing due to winter climate?

G Gauthier, D Ehrich, M Belke-Brea… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Reports of fading vole and lemming population cycles and persisting low populations in
some parts of the Arctic have raised concerns about the spread of these fundamental …

Birds and climate change: impacts and conservation responses

JW Pearce-Higgins, RE Green - 2014 - books.google.com
From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can
provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems …

Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts

S Bokhorst, SH Pedersen, L Brucker, O Anisimov… - Ambio, 2016 - Springer
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-
cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and …

Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends?

D Ehrich, NM Schmidt, G Gauthier, R Alisauskas… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Lemmings are a key component of tundra food webs and changes in their dynamics can
affect the whole ecosystem. We present a comprehensive overview of lemming monitoring …

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

NM Schmidt, J Reneerkens, JH Christensen… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
2018: Arctic researchers have just witnessed another extreme summer—but in a new sense
of the word. Although public interest has long been focused on general warming trends and …

Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling

AM Koltz, L Gough, JR McLaren - … of the New York Academy of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic terrestrial herbivores influence tundra carbon and nutrient dynamics through their
consumption of resources, waste production, and habitat‐modifying behaviors. The strength …