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Moose indifferent to canopy loss from forest disturbance by bark beetles

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Moose showed strikingly similar patterns of habitat selection before and after widespread forest disturbance following an infestation of bark beetles. Our findings indicate that beetle‐kill does not appreciably alter habitat quality for moose and highlight the importance of riparian areas in sustaining moose as they contend with changing forests ...
Alexander B. May, Rebecca L. Levine, Lee Knox, Corey Class, Matthew J. Kauffman, Kevin L. Monteith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and temporal factors affecting record white‐tailed deer antler characteristics in Ontario, Canada

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Antler characteristics are influenced by a combination of genetics, age, and environmental factors, notably habitat quality and resource availability. In this study, we explored how diverse environmental factors, including climate and land cover composition, affect antler size, tine configuration, and the distribution of record‐scoring white‐tailed ...
Brooklyn S. Cars, Joseph M. Northrup, Keith Beasley, Paul Beasley, Kevin Beasley, Aaron B. A. Shafer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Palsa Thaw in Northern Finland Contribute to Remobilisation of Metals Accumulated in Peat Into Surface Waters?

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Permafrost is rapidly degrading in the sporadic zone, including palsa mires in Scandinavia. Peatlands in the area have likely accumulated heavy metals from atmospheric deposition of industrial contaminants in the wider region. As the palsa mire chemical composition is not well known, and in other permafrost regions the permafrost thaw may ...
Joanna Katarzyna Jóźwik, Krystyna Kozioł, Marcin Frankowski, Marta Jakubiak, Kamil Nowiński, Mariusz Jędrysek, Danuta Szumińska, Żaneta Polkowska   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The IceShark, an effective method for sampling plankton under sea ice

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Seasonal sea ice plays a crucial role in shaping coastal ecosystem dynamics throughout the circumpolar region. Of particular interest to oceanographers is the ice‐ocean interface which functions as a multidimensional habitat, supporting both sympagic algae and pelagic phytoplankton in the under‐ice surface waters.
Eleanor A. Barry, Susan Ziegler, Joey Angnatok, Emma J. Harrison, Uta Passow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the SNOWPACK model and reconstruction of multidecade snow climatology at Ram Mountain (Alberta, Canada) forced with NARR data

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
In remote Canada, sparse meteorological stations hinder reliable snow data collection, especially for assessing historical records. Yet, these data are crucial to evaluate the effect of climate change on ecosystems and species.
Kallan Crémel, Alexandre Langlois, Fanie Pelletier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

IMPACT OF THE MACRO-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ON SNOW COVER DURATION IN ROMANIA

Hrvatski meteorološki časopis, 2005
Abstract. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of atmospheric circulation, expressed by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index on snow cover duration in Romania. The correlation coefficients between the NAO index values and the monthly number of days with snow cover at 99 stations from December to March 1961- 1990 are mostly ...
Cazacioc, Liana-Victoria, Cazacioc, Andreea   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Seasonal variation of leaf functional traits in sub‐Arctic plants

Oikos, EarlyView.
Leaf functional traits are informative of plant fitness and functions in ecosystems. These functional traits and their variation across geographic extents are much studied but less is known about their temporal variation over a growing season. Here, we provide an analysis of the seasonal variation in six leaf functional traits of 11 sub‐Arctic vascular
Pekka Niittynen, Marija Merkurjeva, Julia Kemppinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioclimatic, demographic and anthropogenic correlates of grizzly bear activity patterns in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Oikos, EarlyView.
Plasticity of diel activity rhythms may be a key element for adaptations of wildlife populations to changing environmental conditions. In the last decades, grizzly bears Ursus arctos in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) have experienced notable environmental fluctuations, including changes in availability of food sources and severe droughts ...
Aurora Donatelli, Mark A. Haroldson, Justin G. Clapp, Paolo Ciucci, Frank T. van Manen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships between synoptic-scale transport and interannual variability of inorganic cations in surface snow at Summit, Greenland: 1992-1996 [PDF]

, 2001
To fully utilize the long-term chemical records retrieved from central Greenland ice cores, specific relationships between atmospheric circulation and the variability of chemical species in the records need to be better understood. This research examines
Dibb, Jack E., Kahl, D W, Keim, Barry D, Slater, J F   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Understanding smallholder decision‐making to increase farm tree diversity: Enablers and barriers for forest landscape restoration in Western Kenya

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating diverse trees and shrubs (hereafter ‘trees’) in agricultural landscapes has emerged as a crucial nature‐based solution to the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security. The potential benefits of on‐farm trees for both people and nature, however, are often constrained by inadequate consideration of ...
Ennia Bosshard, Harrison Carter, Lillian Aluso, Reuben Chumba, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Chris J. Kettle, Ana Nuno   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source