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van Bemmelen RSA, Moe B, Schekkerman H, Hansen SA, Snell KRS, Humphreys EM, Mäntylä E, Hallgrimsson GT, Gilg O, Ehrich D, Calladine J, Hammer S, Harris S, Lang J, Vignisson SR, Kolbeinsson Y, Nuotio K, Sillanpää M, Sittler B, Sokolov A, Klaassen RHG, Phillips RA, Tulp I. Synchronous timing of return to breeding sites in a long-distance migratory seabird with ocean-scale variation in migration schedules. Mov Ecol 2024; 12:22. [PMID: 38520007 PMCID: PMC10960466 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-024-00459-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Migratory birds generally have tightly scheduled annual cycles, in which delays can have carry-over effects on the timing of later events, ultimately impacting reproductive output. Whether temporal carry-over effects are more pronounced among migrations over larger distances, with tighter schedules, is a largely unexplored question. METHODS We tracked individual Arctic Skuas Stercorarius parasiticus, a long-distance migratory seabird, from eight breeding populations between Greenland and Siberia using light-level geolocators. We tested whether migration schedules among breeding populations differ as a function of their use of seven widely divergent wintering areas across the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. RESULTS Breeding at higher latitudes led not only to later reproduction and migration, but also faster spring migration and shorter time between return to the breeding area and clutch initiation. Wintering area was consistent within individuals among years; and more distant areas were associated with more time spent on migration and less time in the wintering areas. Skuas adjusted the period spent in the wintering area, regardless of migration distance, which buffered the variation in timing of autumn migration. Choice of wintering area had only minor effects on timing of return at the breeding area and timing of breeding and these effects were not consistent between breeding populations. CONCLUSION The lack of a consistent effect of wintering area on timing of return between breeding areas indicates that individuals synchronize their arrival with others in their population despite extensive individual differences in migration strategies.
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- Rob S A van Bemmelen
- Wageningen Marine Research, Haringkade 1, 1976 CP, IJmuiden, The Netherlands.
- Waardenburg Ecology, Culemborg, The Netherlands.
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Constance, Germany
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- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Scotland, Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling, FK9 4NF, UK
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- Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, 25000, Besançon, France
- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 Rue de Vernot, 21440, Francheville, France
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- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Scotland, Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling, FK9 4NF, UK
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Faroe Islands, Vestarabryggja 15, 100, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, UK
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 Rue de Vernot, 21440, Francheville, France
- University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Pori Ornithological Society, Pori, Finland
- Environmental Agency, Pori, Finland
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 Rue de Vernot, 21440, Francheville, France
- University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia
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- Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Cambridge, UK
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- Wageningen Marine Research, Haringkade 1, 1976 CP, IJmuiden, The Netherlands.
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Gauthier G, Ehrich D, Belke-Brea M, Domine F, Alisauskas R, Clark K, Ecke F, Eide NE, Framstad E, Frandsen J, Gilg O, Henttonen H, Hörnfeldt B, Kataev GD, Menyushina IE, Oksanen L, Oksanen T, Olofsson J, Samelius G, Sittler B, Smith PA, Sokolov AA, Sokolova NA, Schmidt NM. Taking the beat of the Arctic: are lemming population cycles changing due to winter climate? Proc Biol Sci 2024; 291:20232361. [PMID: 38351802 PMCID: PMC10865006 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
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 changes to tundra food web dynamics. By compiling 24 unique time series of lemming population fluctuations across the circumpolar region, we show that virtually all populations displayed alternating periods of cyclic/non-cyclic fluctuations over the past four decades. Cyclic patterns were detected 55% of the time (n = 649 years pooled across sites) with a median periodicity of 3.7 years, and non-cyclic periods were not more frequent in recent years. Overall, there was an indication for a negative effect of warm spells occurring during the snow onset period of the preceding year on lemming abundance. However, winter duration or early winter climatic conditions did not differ on average between cyclic and non-cyclic periods. Analysis of the time series shows that there is presently no Arctic-wide collapse of lemming cycles, even though cycles have been sporadic at most sites during the last decades. Although non-stationary dynamics appears a common feature of lemming populations also in the past, continued warming in early winter may decrease the frequency of periodic irruptions with negative consequences for tundra ecosystems.
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- Gilles Gauthier
- Department of Biology and Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec city, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Geography, Takuvik Joint International Laboratory and Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec city, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Takuvik Joint International Laboratory and Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec city, Québec, Canada
- CNRS-INSU, Paris, France
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- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim/Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim/Oslo, Norway
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- Western Arctic Field Unit, Parks Canada, Kingmingya, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Francheville, France
- Groupe de recherche en Écologie Arctique, Francheville, France
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- Terrestrial Population Dynamics, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Alta, Norway
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Alta, Norway
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Groupe de recherche en Écologie Arctique, Francheville, France
- Chair for Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia
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- Department of Ecoscience and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Meyer N, Bollache L, Galipaud M, Moreau J, Dechaume-Moncharmont FX, Afonso E, Angerbjörn A, Bêty J, Brown G, Ehrich D, Gilg V, Giroux MA, Hansen J, Lanctot R, Lang J, Latty C, Lecomte N, McKinnon L, Kennedy L, Reneerkens J, Saalfeld S, Sabard B, Schmidt NM, Sittler B, Smith P, Sokolov A, Sokolov V, Sokolova N, van Bemmelen R, Varpe Ø, Gilg O. Behavioural responses of breeding arctic sandpipers to ground-surface temperature and primary productivity. Sci Total Environ 2021; 755:142485. [PMID: 33039934 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Most birds incubate their eggs, which requires time and energy at the expense of other activities. Birds generally have two incubation strategies: biparental where both mates cooperate in incubating eggs, and uniparental where a single parent incubates. In harsh and unpredictable environments, incubation is challenging due to high energetic demands and variable resource availability. We studied the relationships between the incubation behaviour of sandpipers (genus Calidris) and two environmental variables: temperature and a proxy of primary productivity (i.e. NDVI). We investigated how these relationships vary between incubation strategies and across species among strategies. We also studied how the relationship between current temperature and incubation behaviour varies with previous day's temperature. We monitored the incubation behaviour of nine sandpiper species using thermologgers at 15 arctic sites between 2016 and 2019. We also used thermologgers to record the ground surface temperature at conspecific nest sites and extracted NDVI values from a remote sensing product. We found no relationship between either environmental variables and biparental incubation behaviour. Conversely, as ground-surface temperature increased, uniparental species decreased total duration of recesses (TDR) and mean duration of recesses (MDR), but increased number of recesses (NR). Moreover, small species showed stronger relationships with ground-surface temperature than large species. When all uniparental species were combined, an increase in NDVI was correlated with higher mean duration, total duration and number of recesses, but relationships varied widely across species. Finally, some uniparental species showed a lag effect with a higher nest attentiveness after a warm day while more recesses occurred after a cold day than was predicted based on current temperatures. We demonstrate the complex interplay between shorebird incubation strategies, incubation behaviour, and environmental conditions. Understanding how species respond to changes in their environment during incubation helps predict their future reproductive success.
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- Nicolas Meyer
- UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France; Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France.
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France; Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France; Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Equipe Ecologie-Evolution, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France
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- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie and Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
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- Wildlife Research & Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France
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- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Département de Chimie et de Biochimie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Arctic Research Centre and Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France; Working Group for Wildlife Research at the Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology and Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, York University Glendon Campus, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Trent University, 1600 West Bank Dr., Peterborough, ON, Canada
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- Rudi Drent Chair in Global Flyway Ecology, Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Coastal Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, Texel, the Netherlands
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- Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France
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- Arctic Research Centre and Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France; Chair for Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 629400, Zelenaya Gorka Str., 21 Labytnangi, Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 629400, Zelenaya Gorka Str., 21 Labytnangi, Russia
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- The University Centre in Svalbard, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway; Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 5006 Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France; Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France
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Meyer N, Bollache L, Dechaume‐Moncharmont F, Moreau J, Afonso E, Angerbjörn A, Bêty J, Ehrich D, Gilg V, Giroux M, Hansen J, Lanctot RB, Lang J, Lecomte N, McKinnon L, Reneerkens J, Saalfeld ST, Sabard B, Schmidt NM, Sittler B, Smith P, Sokolov A, Sokolov V, Sokolova N, van Bemmelen R, Gilg O. Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers. OIKOS 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.07311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nicolas Meyer
- UMR 6249 Chrono‐environnement, Univ. de Bourgogne Franche‐Comté 16 route de Gray FR‐25000 Besançon France
- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
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- UMR 6249 Chrono‐environnement, Univ. de Bourgogne Franche‐Comté 16 route de Gray FR‐25000 Besançon France
- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
- Biogéosciences, Équipe Ecologie‐Evolution, Univ. de Bourgogne Franche‐Comté Dijon France
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- UMR 6249 Chrono‐environnement, Univ. de Bourgogne Franche‐Comté 16 route de Gray FR‐25000 Besançon France
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- Dépt de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie and Centre d'Etudes Nordiques, Univ. du Québec à Rimouski Rimouski QC Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
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- K.‐C.‐Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Dépt de Chimie et de Biochimie, Univ. de Moncton Moncton NB Canada
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- Arctic Research Centre and Dept of Bioscience, Aarhus Univ. Roskilde Denmark
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- Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage AK USA
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
- Working Group for Wildlife Research at the Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig Univ. Giessen Giessen Germany
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- Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Univ. de Moncton Moncton NB Canada
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- Dept of Multidisciplinary Studies, York Univ. Glendon Campus Toronto ON Canada
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- Groningen Inst. for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), Univ. of Groningen Groningen the Netherlands
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Inst. for Sea Research, Dept of Coastal Systems and Utrecht Univ., Den Burg Texel the Netherlands
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- Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage AK USA
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
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- Arctic Research Centre and Dept of Bioscience, Aarhus Univ. Roskilde Denmark
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- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique Francheville France
- Chair for Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Univ. of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada Ottawa ON Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Inst. of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences Labytnangi Russia
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- Inst. of Plant and Animal Ecology of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Ekaterinburg Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of Inst. of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences Labytnangi Russia
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- Wageningen Marine Research IJmuiden the Netherlands
- Bureau Waardenburg Culemborg the Netherlands
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- UMR 6249 Chrono‐environnement, Univ. de Bourgogne Franche‐Comté 16 route de Gray FR‐25000 Besançon France
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Ehrich D, Schmidt NM, Gauthier G, Alisauskas R, Angerbjörn A, Clark K, Ecke F, Eide NE, Framstad E, Frandsen J, Franke A, Gilg O, Giroux MA, Henttonen H, Hörnfeldt B, Ims RA, Kataev GD, Kharitonov SP, Killengreen ST, Krebs CJ, Lanctot RB, Lecomte N, Menyushina IE, Morris DW, Morrisson G, Oksanen L, Oksanen T, Olofsson J, Pokrovsky IG, Popov IY, Reid D, Roth JD, Saalfeld ST, Samelius G, Sittler B, Sleptsov SM, Smith PA, Sokolov AA, Sokolova NA, Soloviev MY, Solovyeva DV. Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? Ambio 2020; 49:786-800. [PMID: 31332767 PMCID: PMC6989711 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01198-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
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 and research activities, and assess recent trends in lemming abundance across the circumpolar Arctic. Since 2000, lemmings have been monitored at 49 sites of which 38 are still active. The sites were not evenly distributed with notably Russia and high Arctic Canada underrepresented. Abundance was monitored at all sites, but methods and levels of precision varied greatly. Other important attributes such as health, genetic diversity and potential drivers of population change, were often not monitored. There was no evidence that lemming populations were decreasing in general, although a negative trend was detected for low arctic populations sympatric with voles. To keep the pace of arctic change, we recommend maintaining long-term programmes while harmonizing methods, improving spatial coverage and integrating an ecosystem perspective.
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- Dorothée Ehrich
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Département de Biologie and Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, 1045 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada
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- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Environment and Natural Resources, PO Box 1320, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Canada
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O.Box 5685, Torgard, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Parks Canada, PO Box 1840, 81 Kingmingya, Inuvik, NT X0E0T0 Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 751 General Services Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1 Canada
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-Environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France
- Groupe de recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France
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- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Laplandskii Nature Reserve, Per. Zelenyi 8, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Region Russia
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- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Migratory Bird Management Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 201, Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
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- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, 954 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON PTB 5E1 Canada
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Postboks 1621, 9509 Alta, Norway
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Postboks 1621, 9509 Alta, Norway
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Am Obstberg, 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Str, Magadan, 685000 Russia
- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str. 21, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninskij prosp, Moscow, Russia 119071
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- Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, 169 Titanium Way, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5T2 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
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- Migratory Bird Management Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 201, Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
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- Snow Leopard Trust, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, USA
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- Chair for Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin Avenue, 41, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic Russia 677980
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str. 21, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
- Science Center for Arctic Studies, State Organization of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str. 21, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
- Science Center for Arctic Studies, State Organization of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard, Russia
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
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- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Str, Magadan, 685000 Russia
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Ehrich D, Schmidt NM, Gauthier G, Alisauskas R, Angerbjörn A, Clark K, Ecke F, Eide NE, Framstad E, Frandsen J, Franke A, Gilg O, Giroux MA, Henttonen H, Hörnfeldt B, Ims RA, Kataev GD, Kharitonov SP, Killengreen ST, Krebs CJ, Lanctot RB, Lecomte N, Menyushina IE, Morris DW, Morrisson G, Oksanen L, Oksanen T, Olofsson J, Pokrovsky IG, Popov IY, Reid D, Roth JD, Saalfeld ST, Samelius G, Sittler B, Sleptsov SM, Smith PA, Sokolov AA, Sokolova NA, Soloviev MY, Solovyeva DV. Correction to: Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? Ambio 2020; 49:801-804. [PMID: 31605369 PMCID: PMC6989706 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01262-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the original published article, some of the symbols in figure 1A were modified incorrectly during the typesetting and publication process. The correct version of the figure is provided in this correction.
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- Dorothée Ehrich
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Département de Biologie and Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, 1045 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada
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- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Environment and Natural Resources, PO Box 1320, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Canada
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O.Box 5685, Torgard, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Parks Canada, PO Box 1840, 81 Kingmingya, Inuvik, NT X0E0T0 Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 751 General Services Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1 Canada
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-Environnement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France
- Groupe de recherche en Ecologie Arctique, 16 rue de Vernot, 21440 Francheville, France
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- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Laplandskii Nature Reserve, Per. Zelenyi 8, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Region Russia
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- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Migratory Bird Management Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 201, Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
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- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, 954 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON PTB 5E1 Canada
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Postboks 1621, 9509 Alta, Norway
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Postboks 1621, 9509 Alta, Norway
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Am Obstberg, 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Str, Magadan, 685000 Russia
- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str. 21, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninskij prosp, Moscow, Russia 119071
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- Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, 169 Titanium Way, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5T2 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
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- Migratory Bird Management Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 201, Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
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- Snow Leopard Trust, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, USA
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- Chair for Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin Avenue, 41, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic Russia 677980
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str. 21, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
- Science Center for Arctic Studies, State Organization of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str. 21, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
- Science Center for Arctic Studies, State Organization of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard, Russia
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
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- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Str, Magadan, 685000 Russia
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Clarke CL, Edwards ME, Gielly L, Ehrich D, Hughes PDM, Morozova LM, Haflidason H, Mangerud J, Svendsen JI, Alsos IG. Persistence of arctic-alpine flora during 24,000 years of environmental change in the Polar Urals. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19613. [PMID: 31873100 PMCID: PMC6927971 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Plants adapted to extreme conditions can be at high risk from climate change; arctic-alpine plants, in particular, could "run out of space" as they are out-competed by expansion of woody vegetation. Mountain regions could potentially provide safe sites for arctic-alpine plants in a warmer climate, but empirical evidence is fragmentary. Here we present a 24,000-year record of species persistence based on sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) from Lake Bolshoye Shchuchye (Polar Urals). We provide robust evidence of long-term persistence of arctic-alpine plants through large-magnitude climate changes but document a decline in their diversity during a past expansion of woody vegetation. Nevertheless, most of the plants that were present during the last glacial interval, including all of the arctic-alpines, are still found in the region today. This underlines the conservation significance of mountain landscapes via their provision of a range of habitats that confer resilience to climate change, particularly for arctic-alpine taxa.
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- C L Clarke
- School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Grenoble Alpes, C2 40700 38058, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NO-9037, Norway
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- School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway
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- Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway
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- Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway
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- Tromsø University Museum, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, NO-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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Pokrovsky I, Ehrich D, Ims RA, Kondratyev AV, Kruckenberg H, Kulikova O, Mihnevich J, Pokrovskaya L, Shienok A. Rough-legged buzzards, Arctic foxes and red foxes in a tundra ecosystem without rodents. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118740. [PMID: 25692786 PMCID: PMC4333295 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Small rodents with multi-annual population cycles strongly influence the dynamics of food webs, and in particular predator-prey interactions, across most of the tundra biome. Rodents are however absent from some arctic islands, and studies on performance of arctic predators under such circumstances may be very instructive since rodent cycles have been predicted to collapse in a warming Arctic. Here we document for the first time how three normally rodent-dependent predator species-rough-legged buzzard, arctic fox and red fox - perform in a low-arctic ecosystem with no rodents. During six years (in 2006-2008 and 2011-2013) we studied diet and breeding performance of these predators in the rodent-free Kolguev Island in Arctic Russia. The rough-legged buzzards, previously known to be a small rodent specialist, have only during the last two decades become established on Kolguev Island. The buzzards successfully breed on the island at stable low density, but with high productivity based on goslings and willow ptarmigan as their main prey - altogether representing a novel ecological situation for this species. Breeding density of arctic fox varied from year to year, but with stable productivity based on mainly geese as prey. The density dynamic of the arctic fox appeared to be correlated with the date of spring arrival of the geese. Red foxes breed regularly on the island but in very low numbers that appear to have been unchanged over a long period - a situation that resemble what has been recently documented from Arctic America. Our study suggests that the three predators found breeding on Kolguev Island possess capacities for shifting to changing circumstances in low-arctic ecosystem as long as other small - medium sized terrestrial herbivores are present in good numbers.
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- Ivan Pokrovsky
- Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Am Obstberg 1, D-78315, Radolfzell, Germany
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, NO-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, NO-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 685000, Portovaya str. 18, Magadan, Russia
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- Institute for Waterbird and Wetlands Research IWWR e.V., Am Steigbügel 3, D-27283, Verden (Aller), Germany
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- Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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Soininen EM, Ehrich D, Lecomte N, Yoccoz NG, Tarroux A, Berteaux D, Gauthier G, Gielly L, Brochmann C, Gussarova G, Ims RA. Sources of variation in small rodent trophic niche: new insights from DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis. Isotopes Environ Health Stud 2014; 50:361-381. [PMID: 24830842 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2014.915824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Intraspecific competition for food is expected to increase the trophic niche width of consumers, defined here as their diet diversity, but this process has been little studied in herbivores. Population densities of small rodents fluctuate greatly, providing a good study model to evaluate effects of competition on trophic niche. We studied resource use in five arctic small rodent populations of four species combining DNA metabarcoding of stomach contents and stable isotope analysis (SIA). Our results suggest that for small rodents, the most pronounced effect of competition on trophic niche is due to increased use of secondary habitats and to habitat-specific diets, rather than an expansion of trophic niche in primary habitat. DNA metabarcoding and SIA provided complementary information about the composition and temporal variation of herbivore diets. Combing these two approaches requires caution, as the underlying processes causing observed patterns may differ between methodologies due to different spatiotemporal scales.
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- Eeva M Soininen
- a Department of Arctic and Marine Biology , UiT The Arctic University of Norway , Tromsø , Norway
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Sokolov V, Ehrich D, Yoccoz NG, Sokolov A, Lecomte N. Bird communities of the arctic shrub tundra of Yamal: habitat specialists and generalists. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50335. [PMID: 23239978 PMCID: PMC3519781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The ratio of habitat generalists to specialists in birds has been suggested as a good indicator of ecosystem changes due to e.g. climate change and other anthropogenic perturbations. Most studies focusing on this functional component of biodiversity originate, however, from temperate regions. The Eurasian Arctic tundra is currently experiencing an unprecedented combination of climate change, change in grazing pressure by domestic reindeer and growing human activity. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we monitored bird communities in a tundra landscape harbouring shrub and open habitats in order to analyse bird habitat relationships and quantify habitat specialization. We used ordination methods to analyse habitat associations and estimated the proportions of specialists in each of the main habitats. Correspondence Analysis identified three main bird communities, inhabiting upland, lowland and dense willow shrubs. We documented a stable structure of communities despite large multiannual variations of bird density (from 90 to 175 pairs/km2). Willow shrub thickets were a hotspot for bird density, but not for species richness. The thickets hosted many specialized species whose main distribution area was south of the tundra. Conclusion/Significance If current arctic changes result in a shrubification of the landscape as many studies suggested, we would expect an increase in the overall bird abundance together with an increase of local specialists, since they are associated with willow thickets. The majority of these species have a southern origin and their increase in abundance would represent a strengthening of the boreal component in the southern tundra, perhaps at the expense of species typical of the subarctic zone, which appear to be generalists within this zone.
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- Vasiliy Sokolov
- Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
- * E-mail: (VS); (NGY)
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
- * E-mail: (VS); (NGY)
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- Ecological Research Station of the Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Kowalzick L, Bertolini J, Eickenscheidt L, Ehrich D, Hammerschmidt D, Schwarz M, Pönnighaus JM, Wickenhauser C. Wolf’s isotopische Antwort: Lokale kutane B-Zell-Lymphom-Infiltration nach H. Zoster N. Trigeminus 1. Akt Dermatol 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1310148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- L. Kowalzick
- Klinik für Hautkrankheiten und Allergologie, HELIOS Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen
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- Klinik für Hautkrankheiten und Allergologie, HELIOS Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen
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- Klinik für Augenheilkunde, HELIOS Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen
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- Klinik für Hautkrankheiten und Allergologie, HELIOS Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen
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Kowalzick L, Ehrich D, Pönnighaus JM. Generalisierte juvenile Blaschkitis. Akt Dermatol 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ehrich D, Henden JA, Ims RA, Doronina LO, Killengren ST, Lecomte N, Pokrovsky IG, Skogstad G, Sokolov AA, Sokolov VA, Yoccoz NG. The importance of willow thickets for ptarmigan and hares in shrub tundra: the more the better? Oecologia 2011; 168:141-51. [PMID: 21833646 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2059-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In patchy habitats, the relationship between animal abundance and cover of a preferred habitat may change with the availability of that habitat, resulting in a functional response in habitat use. Here, we investigate the relationship of two specialized herbivores, willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) and mountain hare (Lepus timidus), to willows (Salix spp.) in three regions of the shrub tundra zone-northern Norway, northern European Russia and western Siberia. Shrub tundra is a naturally patchy habitat where willow thickets represent a major structural element and are important for herbivores both as food and shelter. Habitat use was quantified using feces counts in a hierarchical spatial design and related to several measures of willow thicket configuration. We document a functional response in the use of willow thickets by ptarmigan, but not by hares. For hares, whose range extends into forested regions, occurrence increased overall with willow cover. The occurrence of willow ptarmigan showed a strong positive relationship to willow cover and a negative relationship to thicket fragmentation in the region with lowest willow cover at landscape scale, where willow growth may be limited by reindeer browsing. In regions with higher cover, in contrast, such relationships were not observed. Differences in predator communities among the regions may contribute to the observed pattern, enhancing the need for cover where willow thickets are scarce. Such region-specific relationships reflecting regional characteristics of the ecosystem highlight the importance of large-scale investigations to understand the relationships of habitat availability and use, which is a critical issue considering that habitat availability changes quickly with climate change and human impact.
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- Dorothée Ehrich
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromso, Norway.
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Lecomte N, Ahlstrøm O, Ehrich D, Fuglei E, Ims RA, Yoccoz NG. Intrapopulation variability shaping isotope discrimination and turnover: experimental evidence in arctic foxes. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21357. [PMID: 21731715 PMCID: PMC3121787 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Tissue-specific stable isotope signatures can provide insights into the trophic ecology of consumers and their roles in food webs. Two parameters are central for making valid inferences based on stable isotopes, isotopic discrimination (difference in isotopic ratio between consumer and its diet) and turnover time (renewal process of molecules in a given tissue usually measured when half of the tissue composition has changed). We investigated simultaneously the effects of age, sex, and diet types on the variation of discrimination and half-life in nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C, respectively) in five tissues (blood cells, plasma, muscle, liver, nail, and hair) of a top predator, the arctic fox Vulpes lagopus. Methodology/Principal Findings We fed 40 farmed foxes (equal numbers of adults and yearlings of both sexes) with diet capturing the range of resources used by their wild counterparts. We found that, for a single species, six tissues, and three diet types, the range of discrimination values can be almost as large as what is known at the scale of the whole mammalian or avian class. Discrimination varied depending on sex, age, tissue, and diet types, ranging from 0.3‰ to 5.3‰ (mean = 2.6‰) for δ15N and from 0.2‰ to 2.9‰ (mean = 0.9‰) for δ13C. We also found an impact of population structure on δ15N half-life in blood cells. Varying across individuals, δ15N half-life in plasma (6 to 10 days) was also shorter than for δ13C (14 to 22 days), though δ15N and δ13C half-lives are usually considered as equal. Conclusion/Significance Overall, our multi-factorial experiment revealed that at least six levels of isotopic variations could co-occur in the same population. Our experimental analysis provides a framework for quantifying multiple sources of variation in isotopic discrimination and half-life that needs to be taken into account when designing and analysing ecological field studies.
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- Nicolas Lecomte
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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Killengreen ST, Lecomte N, Ehrich D, Schott T, Yoccoz NG, Ims RA. The importance of marine vs. human-induced subsidies in the maintenance of an expanding mesocarnivore in the arctic tundra. J Anim Ecol 2011; 80:1049-60. [PMID: 21477201 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. Most studies addressing the causes of the recent increases and expansions of mesopredators in many ecosystems have focused on the top-down, releasing effect of extinctions of large apex predators. However, in the case of the northward expansion of the red fox into the arctic tundra, a bottom-up effect of increased resource availability has been proposed, an effect that can counteract prey shortage in the low phase of the multi-annual rodent cycle. Resource subsidies both with marine and with terrestrial origins could potentially be involved. 2. During different phases of a multi-annual rodent cycle, we investigated the seasonal dynamics and spatial pattern of resource use by red foxes across a coast to inland low arctic tundra gradient, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. We employed two complementary methods of diet analyses: stomach contents and stable isotope analysis. 3. We found that inland red foxes primarily subsisted on reindeer carrions during the low phase of a small rodent population cycle. Lemmings became the most important food item towards the peak phase of the rodent cycle, despite being less abundant than sympatric voles. Isotopic signatures of tissue from both predator and prey also revealed that red foxes near the coast used marine-derived subsidies in the winter, but these allochthonous resources did not spillover to adult foxes living beyond 20-25 km from the coast. 4. Although more needs to be learned about the link between increasing primary productivity due to climatic warming and trophic dynamics in tundra ecosystems, we suggest that changes in reindeer management through a bottom-up effect, at least regionally, may have paved the way towards the establishment of a new mesopredator in the tundra biome.
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- Siw T Killengreen
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Zeyl E, Ehrich D, Aars J, Bachmann L, Wiig Ø. Denning-area fidelity and mitochondrial DNA diversity of female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Barents Sea. CAN J ZOOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1139/z10-078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Polar bears ( Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774) show fidelity to general denning areas in subsequent reproductive events. Studying the level and spatio-temporal scale of denning-area fidelity is critical to determine the adaptability of polar bears to climate change. We used mark–recapture data in conjunction with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data to investigate the level of fidelity of polar bears from the Barents Sea population to five maternal denning areas. There was no differentiation in mtDNA haplotype frequencies between denning areas. The fidelity of females to denning areas is at a local geographic scale and small groups of neighboring females (3–13) shared similar haplotypes with higher probability than expected by chance. The transmission of denning-area fidelity is supported by the short distances (≤60.0 km) observed between capture locations of six (out of eight) denning mother–daughter pairs. Moreover, our results suggested that some females (3 out of 13) used different denning areas in subsequent denning events. This behavioral plasticity implies that females are likely to be able to change denning locations if unsuitable ice conditions prevent them from reaching their preferred denning areas. We consider this plasticity an important attribute of polar bears when facing climate change.
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- E. Zeyl
- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
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Ehrich D, Tarroux A, Stien J, Lecomte N, Killengreen S, Berteaux D, Yoccoz NG. Stable isotope analysis: modelling lipid normalization for muscle and eggs from arctic mammals and birds. Methods Ecol Evol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2010.00047.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tarroux A, Ehrich D, Lecomte N, Jardine TD, Bêty J, Berteaux D. Sensitivity of stable isotope mixing models to variation in isotopic ratios: evaluating consequences of lipid extraction. Methods Ecol Evol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2010.00033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Parentage analysis data for 583 individuals genotyped at 27 microsatellite loci were used to study the mating system of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774) in the Barents Sea area. We discriminated statistically between full and half-siblings identified through only one common parent. We document for the first time multiple paternity in polar bears. We demonstrated for both sexes low fidelity to mating partners over time. We did not detect any significant difference between the age distribution of adult males at capture and the age distribution of males siring cubs. This might indicate that the male’s age and size are less indicative of the reproductive success than previously thought. This is further supported by a rather long mean litter interval of 3.9 years for males siring several litters. The mating system of polar bears in the Barents Sea appears to be promiscuous, usually with a single successful father siring full siblings within a year, but with consecutive litters of a mother being fathered by different males. We discuss how population density, landscape characteristics, and adult sex ratio might influence the mating system of polar bears. This is of particular importance for management decisions such as, e.g., implementing sex ratios in hunting quotas.
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- E. Zeyl
- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway
- University of Tromsø, Department of Biology, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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To what extent top predators - carnivores at the top of food chains - drive or just respond to ecosystem dynamics is a central, but partially unresolved, question in ecology. In this report, we highlight how different research approaches employed in aquatic and terrestrial ecology may have a bearing on how the role of top predators in ecosystems is perceived.
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- Nicolas Lecomte
- Department of Biology, University of Tromsø Drammensv 201, N-9037 Tromsø Norway
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Recently, the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique has gained a lot of popularity, and is now frequently applied to a wide variety of organisms. Technical specificities of the AFLP procedure have been well documented over the years, but there is on the contrary little or scattered information about the statistical analysis of AFLPs. In this review, we describe the various methods available to handle AFLP data, focusing on four research topics at the population or individual level of analysis: (i) assessment of genetic diversity; (ii) identification of population structure; (iii) identification of hybrid individuals; and (iv) detection of markers associated with phenotypes. Two kinds of analysis methods can be distinguished, depending on whether they are based on the direct study of band presences or absences in AFLP profiles ('band-based' methods), or on allelic frequencies estimated at each locus from these profiles ('allele frequency-based' methods). We investigate the characteristics and limitations of these statistical tools; finally, we appeal for a wider adoption of methodologies borrowed from other research fields, like for example those especially designed to deal with binary data.
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- A Bonin
- Diversity Arrays Technology P/L, Yarralumla, ACT 2600, Australia
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Assefa A, Ehrich D, Taberlet P, Nemomissa S, Brochmann C. Pleistocene colonization of afro-alpine 'sky islands' by the arctic-alpine Arabis alpina. Heredity (Edinb) 2007; 99:133-42. [PMID: 17473867 DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The afro-alpine region comprises the high mountains of Ethiopia and tropical East Africa, which represent biological 'sky islands' with high level of endemism. However, some primarily arctic-alpine plants also occur in the afro-alpine mountains. It has been suggested that these plants are Tertiary relicts, but a recent worldwide study of Arabis alpina suggests that this species colonized the region twice during the Pleistocene. Here we investigate the detailed colonization history of A. alpina in the afro-alpine region based on chloroplast DNA sequences from 11 mountain systems. The results confirm the twice-into-Africa scenario. The Asian lineage is confined to the mountains closest to the Arabian Peninsula, on opposite sides of the Rift Valley (Simen Mts and Gara Muleta in Ethiopia), suggesting long-distance dispersal of this lineage. The African lineage is divided into two phylogeographic groups with distinct geographic distribution. The observed pattern is consistent with isolation of the African lineage in at least two interglacial refugia, located on separated highlands, followed by range expansion in cooler period(s), when the afro-alpine habitat extended further down the mountains. Several long-distance dispersal events, also across the Rift Valley, are suggested by single haplotypes observed outside the area occupied by the phylogeographic groups they belonged to.
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- A Assefa
- Department of Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Ehrich D, Enssen I, Hoppe C, Schilling UM, Friebel K, Nakhai H, Kalinski T, Simm A, Dietrich A, Duncker GIW, Paulsen F, Sel S. Neuropeptid Galanin wird während der Retinogenese exprimiert. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sel S, Hoppe C, Ashery-Padan R, Schilling UM, Friebel K, Ehrich D, Kalinski T, Simm A, Dietrich A, Leutz R, Duncker GIW, Paulsen F, Nakhai H. Der pankreas-zellspezifische Transkriptionsfaktor ist für die terminale Differenzierung von Amakrinzellen in der Retina verantwortlich. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Hoppe C, Nakhai H, Enssen I, Ehrich D, Schilling UM, Friebel K, Kalinski T, Simm A, Wagner L, Sel S, Duncker GIW, Paulsen F. Secretagonin wird während der Retinogenese exprimiert. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Schilling UM, Friebel K, Friedrich M, Ehrich D, Simm A, Nakhai H, Hoppe C, Enssen I, Paulsen F, Duncker GIW, Sel S. Einfluss von lokal applizierten Knochenmarkzellen und CD117+-hämatopoetischen Stammzellen auf den zeitlichen Verlauf der kornealen Wundheilung. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kowalzick L, Eickenscheidt L, Ehrich D, Ziegler H. Miliares (kleinpapulös-lichenoides) disseminiertes Granuloma anulare. Akt Dermatol 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-944767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sandner A, Neumann K, Ehrich D, Bloching M. Orbital Foreign Bodies—Management and Therapy. Skull Base 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Orbital foreign bodies constitute an interdisciplinary challenge, diagnosis being especially difficult because of inconspicuous entrance orifices. Indication for the removal of an orbital foreign body has always to be decided upon individually taking into account the benefits and risks resulting from an operation. The latter is particularly indicated if there are acute and chronic functional restrictions or inflammatory reactions either present or to be expected. The objective of our study was to produce systematic guidelines concerning the therapeutic procedure of dealing with orbital foreign bodies with a view to a benefit-risk assessment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Over the last ten years ten patients with an orbital foreign body were treated in our Department, four of them requiring acute attention. CTs were taken of all patients. Only in one case additional MRTs were produced. Eight out of ten patients underwent operation, of which seven resulted in a complete removal of the foreign body. In the case of two patients we decided against an operation after interdisciplinary consultation. RESULTS In our view the imaging--providing diagnostics by means of computer tomography is the most promising method for determining a foreign body in the orbit. Decision for an operative removal of a foreign body was invariably taken interdisciplinary in cooperation with an ophthalmologist. Surgical approach was chosen in accordance with the localisation of the foreign bodies. None of the patients suffered from a loss of vision or a restriction of functions as a result of the operation. CONCLUSIONS In the indication the foreign material is of essential importance. Orbital foreign bodies that have been present in the tissue for a longer time can be allowed to stay, unless loss of functions are progressive. Loss of vision always being a consequence of the initial trauma.
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- K Neumann
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
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BACKGROUND Canalicular lacerations can be the result of sharp or blunt trauma as well as burns of the facial region. The nasolacrimal duct may become obstructed as an after-effect of naso-orbital trauma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Main principles of surgical repair of the lacrimal system are reviewed with regard to the outcome of our own patients compared with the literature. RESULTS Success rates in the primary repair of traumatic injuries of canalicular system are about 70 to 82 %. 14 of 20 patients who were managed between 1976 and 1980 in our department were cured permanently. 55 of 272 secondary reconstructions of canalicular obstructions (1976 - 1997) were caused by trauma. Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy with polyethylene or silicone tubes (1978 - 1999, n = 37, 21 traumatic) had success rates of 61 % and 72 %, respectively. 11 (4.8 %) of 228 dacryocystorhinostomies (1991 - 2000) were necessary as a result of traumatic injuries and achieved a success rate of 87.5 %. CONCLUSIONS Canalicular lacerations need urgent primary repair with silicone intubation and special heed to the medial canthal tendon. The success rate of secondary reconstructions of traumatically caused tear-duct system obstructions depends on the microsurgical techniques that were used.
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- H G Struck
- Universitäts-Augenklinik der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
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BACKGROUND The visual rehabilitation after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) is affected by postoperative corneal astigmatism. Up to now studies were focused on different trephine systems as well as the suture techniques. A new option for reducing postoperative corneal astigmatism could be the implantation of an intracorneal ring. PATIENTS AND METHODS Over a period of 2 years we implanted in 20 patients, who were suffering from keratoconus, Fuchs' dystrophy or bullous keratopathy, an 8-mm cobalt-molybdenum-titanium intracorneal ring in a prospective clinical trial. We used the guided trephine system (GTS) for preparation and a 10-0 nylon double running suture. The mean follow-up period was 16.2 months. A control group of 20 additional patients who underwent PKP was randomized. Topographic astigmatism as well as the spherical equivalent was evaluated after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. RESULTS Although a lower topographic astigmatism in the intracorneal ring group was reached 12 months postoperatively (3.0 dptr., SD 1.2 versus 4.0 dptr., SD 1.8) no statistical significance was found. The spherical equivalent in that group was lower during the complete evaluation period with a hyperopization in both groups as well. We did not see any immunological reactions caused by the ring. CONCLUSIONS Whether the intracorneal ring could be a useful addition to PKP is not yet clear. Therefore more patients need to be enrolled and further studies established.
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- D Ehrich
- Martin-Luther-Universität-Halle-Wittenberg, Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Halle.
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Ehrich D, Stenseth NC. Genetic structure of Siberian lemmings (Lemmus sibiricus) in a continuous habitat: large patches rather than isolation by distance. Heredity (Edinb) 2001; 86:716-30. [PMID: 11595052 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00883.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In a continuous habitat, restricted dispersal and local genetic drift are likely to create a pattern of increasing genetic differentiation with distance. Here, we describe the genetic structure of Siberian lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) populations in a continuous tundra habitat on the western coast of the Taimyr Peninsula, in order to determine the spatial scale at which genetic differentiation and isolation by distance occur. Sampling was carried out at three different geographical scales: (1) a continuous 11 km transect; (2) localities 10-30 km apart; and (3) two localities at 300 and 600 km from the main study area. Two types of genetic markers were used: partial sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region and four microsatellite loci. On this basis the study populations were genetically quite homogeneous within patches extending over 8 km or more. Contrary to theoretical predictions, no pattern of isolation by distance among patches could be identified. This observation was interpreted as representing populations in migration-drift disequilibrium after a recent major mixing event. The lack of concordance between mtDNA haplotype phylogeny and the geographical distribution of haplotypes supported this interpretation. Spatial autocorrelation among individual genotypes on a local scale was weak and observed only in females, indicating a considerable amount of mostly male-mediated gene flow. Average gene flow per generation was estimated to be in the range of several hundred metres.
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- D Ehrich
- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1050, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.
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The pattern and scale of the genetic structure of populations provides valuable information for the understanding of the spatial ecology of populations, including the spatial aspects of density fluctuations. In the present paper, the genetic structure of periodically fluctuating lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) in the Canadian Arctic was analysed using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences and four nuclear microsatellite loci. Low genetic variability was found in mtDNA, while microsatellite loci were highly variable in all localities, including localities on isolated small islands. For both genetic markers the genetic differentiation was clear among geographical regions but weaker among localities within regions. Such a pattern implies gene flow within regions. Based on theoretical calculations and population census data from a snap-trapping survey, we argue that the observed genetic variability on small islands and the low level of differentiation among these islands cannot be explained without invoking long distance dispersal of lemmings over the sea ice. Such dispersal is unlikely to occur only during population density peaks.
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- D Ehrich
- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1050 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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BACKGROUND In cases of total canalicular occlusion or the total absence of the lacrimal apparatus the functional restoration requires the repair of a newly created lacrimal system. The intraoperatively reestablisted lacrimal drainage from the conjunctival sac will be maintained by a plastic tube. Beside other criteria the influence of the used inserted materials polyethylene or silicone should be evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 9/1978 to 2/1999 we have been treated and consecutive documented 37 cases of conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy and its modifications in 36 patients (1mal both eyes). The patients (22 men, 14 women) ranged in age from 9-76 years (mean age of 35.2 years). In a retrospective review results were compared for the following two groups based on the type of used plastic tube: group I: (n = 23); insertion of a polyethylene tube (from 1976-1990); group II: (n = 14) insertion of a silicone tube (from 1991-1998). RESULTS Causes of lacrimal drainage system obstruction were trauma (n = 21), malformation (n = 8), chronic inflammation (n = 5) and tumor (n = 2). The following different surgical techniques were performed: conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy (cdr, n = 23), conjunctivodacryocystostomy (cd, n = 10) and conjunctivorhinostomy (cr, n = 4), (right eye: n = 21, left eye: n = 16). In group I 14 of 23 operations (61%) had successful functional results, in group II 10 of 14 operations (72%), respectively. The polyethylene tubes on the average were maintained for 15 months after surgery (4mal spontaneous removal) and the silicone tubes for 12 months, respectively (4mal spontaneous removal). CONCLUSION Traumatic disturbance and congenital defects of canaliculi and surrounding tissue require in the case of any symptoms the surgical reconstruction of the lacrimal pathway. With the introduction of the silicone tube the success rate could be further advanced.
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- H G Struck
- Universitäts-Augenklinik Halle-Wittenberg
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Ehrich D, Fedorov VB, Stenseth NC, Krebs CJ, Kenney A. Phylogeography and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity in North American collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus). Mol Ecol 2000; 9:329-37. [PMID: 10736030 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Variation in the nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial control region (250 bp) and the cytochrome b region (870 bp) was examined in collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) from 19 localities in northern Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. The division of D. groenlandicus in two phylogeographical groups with limited divergence across the Mackenzie River is consistent with the separation of this species in more than one refugial area located to the northwest of the Laurentide ice sheet during the last glaciation. Populations of D.groenlandicus from formerly glaciated areas are no less variable than those in nonglaciated areas. Instead, the low intrapopulation and intraregional diversity estimates in D. groenlandicus are probably a result of regional bottleneck events due to range contractions during Holocene warming events. These results are consistent with findings previously reported on collared lemmings (D. torquatus) from the Eurasian Arctic.
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- D Ehrich
- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1050, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Two patients recently underwent successful early thrombolytic recanalization of thrombosed saphenous vein coronary bypass grafts. This treatment strategy must be weighed against the potential risk of bleeding.
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Bieger D, Ehrich D, Wassermann O. [An AlGOL-program for the mathematical separation of closely adjacent ionization constants by Britten]. Arzneimittelforschung 1968; 18:373-7. [PMID: 5696019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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