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 …

Highlighting the role of biota in feedback loops from tundra ecosystems to the atmosphere

NM Schmidt, IC Barrio, JA Kristensen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The rapid climatic and environmental changes observed in the Arctic and across the globe
in general call for reliable model projections. In recent years our understanding of ongoing …

Phenological mismatch between trees and wildflowers: Reconciling divergent findings in two recent analyses

BR Lee, EF Alecrim, TK Miller, JRK Forrest… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence suggests that community science and herbarium datasets yield similar
estimates of species' phenological sensitivities to temperature. Despite this, two recent …

Why we cannot always expect life history strategies to directly inform on sensitivity to environmental change

M Rademaker, A van Leeuwen… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in life history traits in animals and plants can often be structured along major axes
of life history strategies. The position of a species along these axes can inform on their …

Increasing variability in resource supply over time disrupts plant–pollinator interactions

D Redr, AR Cirtwill, R Kaartinen… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Insect–plant interactions are key determinants of plant and insect fitness, providing important
ecosystem services around the world—including the Arctic region. Recently, it has been …

Why do avian responses to change in Arctic green‐up vary?

EA Tavera, DB Lank, DC Douglas… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate change has altered the timing of seasonal events (ie, phenology) for a
diverse range of biota. Within and among species, however, the degree to which alterations …

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 …

Catchment-scale thawing and greening decreases long-term nitrogen export in NE Greenland

SL Speir, JL Tank, A Pastor, MF Muller… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change is expected to alter nitrogen (N) export from Arctic rivers, with potential
implications for fragile coastal ecosystems and fisheries. Yet, the directionality of change is …

Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles

AR Cirtwill, H Wirta, R Kaartinen, G Ballantyne… - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most animal pollination results from plant–insect interactions, but how we perceive these
interactions may differ with the sampling method adopted. The two most common methods …

Long‐term phytoplankton dynamics in two High Arctic lakes (north‐east Greenland)

SM Moedt, K Olrik, NM Schmidt, E Jeppesen… - Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Primary producers form the base of lake ecosystems and, due to their often short lifecycles,
respond rapidly to changing conditions. As the Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than …