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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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Affiliation(s)
- 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
| | - Ray Alisauskas
- 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
| | - Frauke Ecke
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
| | - Nina E. Eide
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O.Box 5685, Torgard, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
| | - Erik Framstad
- 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
| | - Birger Hörnfeldt
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
| | - Rolf A. Ims
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
| | - Gennadiy D. Kataev
- 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
| | - Charles J. Krebs
- 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
| | - Ivan G. Pokrovsky
- 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
| | - Donald Reid
- Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, 169 Titanium Way, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5T2 Canada
| | - James D. Roth
- 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]
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- Dorothée Ehrich
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
| | - Niels M. Schmidt
- Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
| | - Gilles Gauthier
- Département de Biologie and Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, 1045 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Canada
| | - Ray Alisauskas
- Wildlife Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada
| | - Anders Angerbjörn
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Karin Clark
- Environment and Natural Resources, PO Box 1320, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Canada
| | - Frauke Ecke
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
| | - Nina E. Eide
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O.Box 5685, Torgard, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
| | - Erik Framstad
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway
| | - Jay Frandsen
- Parks Canada, PO Box 1840, 81 Kingmingya, Inuvik, NT X0E0T0 Canada
| | - Alastair Franke
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 751 General Services Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1 Canada
| | - Olivier Gilg
- 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
| | - Marie-Andrée Giroux
- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada
| | - Heikki Henttonen
- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
| | - Birger Hörnfeldt
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
| | - Rolf A. Ims
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
| | - Gennadiy D. Kataev
- Laplandskii Nature Reserve, Per. Zelenyi 8, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Region Russia
| | | | - Siw T. Killengreen
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
| | - Charles J. Krebs
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
| | - Richard B. Lanctot
- Migratory Bird Management Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 201, Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
| | - Nicolas Lecomte
- K.-C.-Irving Research Chair in Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada
| | | | - Douglas W. Morris
- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, 954 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON PTB 5E1 Canada
| | - Guy Morrisson
- National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada
| | - Lauri Oksanen
- 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
| | - Tarja Oksanen
- 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
| | - Johan Olofsson
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
| | - Ivan G. Pokrovsky
- 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
| | - Igor Yu. Popov
- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninskij prosp, Moscow, Russia 119071
| | - Donald Reid
- Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, 169 Titanium Way, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5T2 Canada
| | - James D. Roth
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
| | - Sarah T. Saalfeld
- Migratory Bird Management Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 201, Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
| | - Gustaf Samelius
- Snow Leopard Trust, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, USA
| | - Benoit Sittler
- Chair for Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
| | - Sergey M. Sleptsov
- Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin Avenue, 41, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic Russia 677980
| | - Paul A. Smith
- National Wildlife Research Centre, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada
| | - Aleksandr A. Sokolov
- 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
| | - Natalya A. Sokolova
- 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
| | - Mikhail Y. Soloviev
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
| | - Diana V. Solovyeva
- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Str, Magadan, 685000 Russia
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