Title
Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic - Can we detect trends
Author(s)
Ehrich D. et al. (including Reid D.G.). 2019.
Published
2019
Publisher
Ambio
Abstract
The authors give an overview of lemming monitoring and research activities, and assess recent trends in lemming abundance across the circumpolar Arctic. Monitoring at 49 sites since 2000, shows that 38 sites are still active with lemmings today. No evidence was found to indicate that lemming populations are decreasing in general, but a negative trend was found for low arctic populations where voles are also present. As the Arctic is changing, the authors recommend maintaining long-term monitoring programmes while harmonizing methods across sites.
Keywords
Arctic; Dicrostonyx Lemmus; Population monitoring; Temporal trends; Small rodent
Full Citation
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 M-A, 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 DG, Roth JD, Saalfeld ST, Samelius G, Sittler B, Sleptsov SM, Smith PA, Sokolov AA, Sokolova NA, Soloviev MY, Solovyeva DV. 2019. Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? Ambio

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