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AuthorBarrio, Isabel C
AuthorEhrich, Dorothée
AuthorSoininen, Eeva M
AuthorRavolainen, Virve
AuthorBueno, C Guillermo
AuthorGilg, Olivier
AuthorKoltz, Amanda M
AuthorSpeed, James DM
AuthorHik, David
AuthorMörsdorf, Martin A
AuthorAlatalo, , Juha
AuthorAngerbjörn, Anders
AuthorBêty, Joël
AuthorBollache, Löic
AuthorBoulanger-Lapointe, Noémie
AuthorBrown, Glen
AuthorEischeid, Isabell
AuthorGiroux, Marie-Andrée
AuthorHájek, Tomas
AuthorHansen, Brage
AuthorHofhuis, Stijn
AuthorLamarre, Jean-Francois
AuthorLang, Johannes
AuthorLatty, Christopher
AuthorLecomte, Nicolas
AuthorMacek, Petr
AuthorMcKinnon, Laura
AuthorMyers-Smith, Isla
AuthorPedersen, Åshild
AuthorPrevéy, Janet
AuthorRoth, James D
AuthorSaalfeld, Sarah
AuthorSchmidt, Niels Martin
AuthorSmith, Paul Allen
AuthorSokolov, Alexandr
AuthorSokolova, Natalya
AuthorStolz, Christian
AuthorBemmelen, Robert Van
AuthorVarpe, Øystein
AuthorWoodard, Paul
AuthorJónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala
Available date2021-04-29T10:55:39Z
Publication Date2021-03-12
Publication NameArctic Science
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1139/AS-2020-0020
CitationDr. Isabel C Barrio, Dorothée Ehrich, Dr. Eeva M Soininen, Dr. Virve Ravolainen, Dr. C Guillermo Bueno, Dr. Olivier Gilg, Dr. Amanda M Koltz, Dr. James DM Speed, Dr. David Hik, Dr. Martin A Mörsdorf, Dr. Juha Alatalo, Anders Angerbjörn, Dr. Joël Bêty, Dr. Löic Bollache, Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe, Dr. Glen Brown, Ms. Isabell Eischeid, Dr. Marie-Andrée Giroux, Dr. Tomas Hájek, Dr. Brage Hansen, Dr. Stijn Hofhuis, Dr. Jean-Francois Lamarre, Dr. Johannes Lang, Dr. Christopher Latty, Dr. Nicolas Lecomte, Petr Macek, Dr. Laura McKinnon, Dr. Isla Myers-Smith, Dr. Åshild Pedersen, Dr. Janet Prevéy, Dr. James D Roth, Dr. Sarah Saalfeld, Dr. Niels Martin Schmidt, Dr. Paul Allen Smith, Dr. Alexandr Sokolov, Dr. Natalya Sokolova, Mr. Christian Stolz, Dr. Robert Van Bemmelen, Dr. Øystein Varpe, Dr. Paul Woodard, and Dr. Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir. Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales. Arctic Science. Just-IN https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2020-0020
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/18398
AbstractUnderstanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied and assessed standardized protocols to measure tundra herbivory at three spatial scales: plot, site (habitat), and study area (landscape). The plot and site-level protocols were tested in the field during summers 2014-2015 at eleven sites, nine of them comprising warming experimental plots included in the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). The study area protocols were assessed during 2014-2018 at 24 study areas across the Arctic. Our protocols provide comparable and easy-to-implement methods for assessing the intensity of invertebrate herbivory within ITEX plots and for characterizing vertebrate herbivore communities at larger spatial scales. We discuss methodological constraints and make recommendations for how these protocols can be used and how sampling effort can be optimized to obtain comparable estimates of herbivory, both at ITEX sites and at large landscape scales. The application of these protocols across the tundra biome will allow characterizing and comparing herbivore communities across tundra sites and at ecologically relevant spatial scales, providing an important step towards a better understanding of tundra ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change.
SponsorCGB was funded by the Estonian Research Council (grant IUT 20-28), and the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence EcolChange). JDMS was supported by the Research Council of Norway (262064). OG and LB were supported by the French Polar Institute (program “1036 Interactions”) and PRC CNRS Russie 396 (program “ICCVAT”). DSH, NL, MAG, JB and JDR were supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada). NL, MAG, JB and JDR were supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Program. NL was supported by the Canada Research Chair program and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. NL and JB were supported by Environment Canada and Polar Knowledge Canada. NL and MAG were supported by the Government of Nunavut, the Igloolik Community, and Université de Moncton. NL, MAG and JB were supported by the Northern Scientific Training Program. JMA was funded by Carl Tryggers stiftelse för vetenskaplig forskning and Qatar Petroleum (QUEX-CAS-QP-RD-18_19). IHM-S was funded by the UK Natural Environmental Research Council Shrub Tundra (NE/M016323/1) grant. ISJ was funded by the University of Iceland Research Fund. Fieldwork in Yamal peninsula (Erkuta, Sabetta and Belyi) for DE, NS and AS was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (No: 18-05-60261 and No: 18-54-15013), Fram Centre project YaES (No: 362259), the Russian Center of Development of the Arctic, and the “Yamal-LNG” company. Fieldwork in Utqiaġvik was supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fieldwork in Svalbard was supported by the Norwegian Research Council (AFG No: 246080/E10), the Norwegian Polar Institute, Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra – COAT, the Svalbard Environmental protection fund (project number 15/20), and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and the AB-338/AB-838 students of 2018. Sampling at Billefjorden was supported by GACR 17- 20839S.
Languageen
PublisherNRC Research Press
Subjectecological monitoring
Herbivory Network,
International Tundra Experiment (ITEX)
Interactions Working Group (IWG)
standardized protocol
TitleDeveloping common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
TypeArticle
dc.accessType Open Access


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