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dc.contributor.authorDescamps, Sébastien
dc.contributor.authorAars, Jon
dc.contributor.authorFuglei, Eva
dc.contributor.authorKovacs, Kit M.
dc.contributor.authorLydersen, Christian
dc.contributor.authorPavlova, Olga
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Åshild Ø.
dc.contributor.authorRavolainen, Virve
dc.contributor.authorStrøm, Hallvard
dc.coverage.spatialArctic Oceanen_US
dc.coverage.spatialBarents Seaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T13:29:55Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T13:29:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationDescamps, S.; Aars, J.; Fuglei, E.; Kovacs, K.M.; Lydersen, C.; Pavlova, O.; Pedersen, Å.Ø.; Ravolainen, V. and Strøm, H. (2017), Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago – Svalbard, Norway. Global Change Biology 23, pp.490-502. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13381en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11329/1389
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-895
dc.description.abstractThe Arctic is warming more rapidly than other region on the planet, and the northern Barents Sea, including the Svalbard Archipelago, is experiencing the fastest temperature increases within the circumpolar Arctic, along with the highest rate of sea ice loss. These physical changes are affecting a broad array of resident Arctic organisms as well as some migrants that occupy the region seasonally. Herein, evidence of climate change impacts on terrestrial and marine wildlife in Svalbard is reviewed, with a focus on bird and mammal species. In the terrestrial ecosystem, increased winter air temperatures and concomitant increases in the frequency of ‘rain-on-snow’ events are one of the most important facets of climate change with respect to impacts on flora and fauna. Winter rain creates ice that blocks access to food for herbivores and synchronizes the population dynamics of the herbivore–predator guild. In the marine ecosystem, increases in sea temperature and reductions in sea ice are influencing the entire food web. These changes are affecting the foraging and breeding ecology of most marine birds and mammals and are associated with an increase in abundance of several temperate fish, seabird and marine mammal species. Our review indicates that even though a few species are benefiting from a warming climate, most Arctic endemic species in Svalbard are experiencing negative consequences induced by the warming environment. Our review emphasizes the tight relationships between the marine and terrestrial ecosystems in this High Arctic archipelago. Detecting changes in trophic relationships within and between these ecosystems requires long-term (multidecadal) demographic, population- and ecosystem- based monitoring, the results of which are necessary to set appropriate conservation priorities in relation to climate warming.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleClimate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago – Svalbard, Norway.en_US
dc.typeJournal Contributionen_US
dc.description.refereedRefereeden_US
dc.format.pagerangepp.490-502en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gcb.13381
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleGlobal Change Biologyen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume23en_US
dc.description.sdg13.1en_US
dc.description.sdg14en_US
dc.description.eovMarine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distributionen_US
dc.description.eovSea Iceen_US
dc.description.bptypeManual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)en_US
obps.contact.contactnameSebastien Descamps
obps.contact.contactemailsebastien.descamps@npolar.no
obps.resourceurl.publisherhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.13381en_US


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