Arctic terrestrial herbivores influence tundra carbon and nutrient dynamics through their
consumption of resources, waste production, and habitat‐modifying behaviors. The strength …

Highlights•The Arctic is ideally suited for studying arthropod responses to climate
change.•Arctic arthropods are responding rapidly and in diverse ways to climate …

For more than five decades, research has been conducted at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard,
Norway, to understand the structure and functioning of High-Arctic ecosystems and the …

Time series data on arthropod populations are critical for understanding the magnitude,
direction, and drivers of change. However, most arthropod monitoring programs are short …

This review provides a synopsis of the main findings of individual papers in the special issue
Terrestrial Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing Arctic. The special issue was developed to …

Svalbard is a singular region to study biodiversity. Located at a high latitude and
geographically isolated, the archipelago possesses widely varying environmental conditions …

Climate warming allows generalist boreal consumers to expand into Arctic ecosystems. We
present experimental and observational field data showing that a generalist boreal insect …

Both abiotic and biotic conditions may be important for biodiversity. However, their relative
importance may vary among different diversity dimensions as well as across spatial scales …

Dramatic declines of some arthropod populations have recently received a lot of attention.
Identified declines have mainly been attributed to changes in agriculture, climate, pathogen …

Antarctic conservation science is crucial for enhancing Antarctic policy and understanding
alterations to terrestrial Antarctic biodiversity. Antarctic conservation will have limited long …