Observed and predicted effects of climate change on Arctic caribou and reindeer

Advancing the match-mismatch framework for large herbivores in the Arctic: Evaluating the evidence for a trophic mismatch in caribou

(2017) David Gustine et al.   PLoS One

Detection of rain-on-snow (ROS) events and ice layer formation using passive microwave radiometry: A context for Peary caribou habitat in the Canadian Arctic

(2017) A. Langlois et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Climate and density dependence cause changes in adult sex ratio in a large Arctic herbivore

(2017) Bart Peeters et al.   Ecosphere

Arctic greening from warming promotes declines in caribou populations

(2017) Per Fauchald et al.   Science Advances

Sea Ice Crossing by Migrating Caribou, Rangifer tarandus, in Northwestern Alaska

(2017) Kyle Joly  

Regional Patterns of Fish and Wildlife Harvests in Contemporary Alaska

(2016) James A. Fall   ARCTIC

Effects of roads on individual caribou movements during migration

(2016) Ryan R. Wilson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Loss of connectivity among island-dwelling Peary caribou following sea ice decline

(2016) Deborah A. Jenkins et al.   Biology Letters

Sea ice, rain-on-snow and tundra reindeer nomadism in Arctic Russia

(2016) Bruce C. Forbes et al.   Biology Letters

Variation in the intensity and prevalence of macroparasites in migratory caribou: a quasi-circumpolar study

(2016) Alice-Anne Simard et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) behaviour after recent fire events; integrating caribou telemetry data with Landsat fire detection techniques

(2016) Gregory J. M. Rickbeil et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Contrasting effects of summer and winter warming on body mass explain population dynamics in a food-limited Arctic herbivore

(2016) Steve D. Albon et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Wolf-caribou dynamics within the central Canadian Arctic

(2016) Michael R. Klaczek et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Long-Term Trends and Role of Climate in the Population Dynamics of Eurasian Reindeer

(2016) Alessia Uboni et al.   PLoS One

The influence of weather conditions during gestation on life histories in a wild Arctic ungulate

(2016) Mathieu Douhard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The vegetation greenness trend in Canada and US Alaska from 1984–2012 Landsat data

(2016) Junchang Ju et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Climate change is the primary driver of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) range expansion at the northern extent of its range; land use is secondary

(2016) Kimberly L. Dawe et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Behavioral buffering of extreme weather events in a high-Arctic herbivore

(2016) Leif Egil Loe et al.   Ecosphere

Caribou, water, and ice – fine-scale movements of a migratory arctic ungulate in the context of climate change

(2016) Mathieu Leblond et al.   Movement Ecology

Modeling Caribou Movements: Seasonal Ranges and Migration Routes of the Central Arctic Herd

(2016) Kerry L. Nicholson et al.   PLoS One

Trophic mismatch and its effects on the growth of young in an Arctic herbivore

(2015) Madeleine Doiron et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

(2015) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Long-Term Control of Peary Caribou Numbers by Unpredictable, Exceptionally Severe Snow or Ice Conditions in a Non-equilibrium Grazing System

(2014) Frank L. Miller et al.   ARCTIC

Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future

(2014) Kim G. Poole et al.   ARCTIC

Nutritional implications of increased shrub cover for caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Arctic

(2014) D.P. Thompson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Oscillatory dynamics do not mask linear trends in the timing of ice breakup for Northern Hemisphere lakes from 1855 to 2004

(2014) Sapna Sharma et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

High-arctic plants like it hot: a long-term investigation of between-year variability in plant biomass

(2014) René van der Wal et al.   ECOLOGY

Warmer and wetter winters: characteristics and implications of an extreme weather event in the High Arctic

(2014) Brage B Hansen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climate-Driven Effects of Fire on Winter Habitat for Caribou in the Alaskan-Yukon Arctic

(2014) David D. Gustine et al.   PLoS One

Distribution of barren-ground caribou during winter in response to fire

(2014) T. A. Anderson et al.   Ecosphere

Spring-loaded reproduction: effects of body condition and population size on fertility in migratory caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

(2013) M. Pachkowski et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Responses of caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) to acute food shortages in spring

(2013) D.P. Thompson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Can antibrowsing defense regulate the spread of woody vegetation in arctic tundra?

(2013) John P. Bryant et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Nitrogen allocation to offspring and milk production in a capital breeder

(2013) Joëlle Taillon et al.   ECOLOGY

Tall shrub and tree expansion in Siberian tundra ecotones since the 1960s

(2013) Gerald V. Frost et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Complementary impacts of small rodents and semi-domesticated ungulates limit tall shrub expansion in the tundra

(2013) Virve T. Ravolainen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Capital and income breeding traits differentiate trophic match-mismatch dynamics in large herbivores

(2013) J. Kerby et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Population Densities, Vegetation Green-Up, and Plant Productivity: Impacts on Reproductive Success and Juvenile Body Mass in Reindeer

(2013) Torkild Tveraa et al.   PLoS One

Shifts in Arctic vegetation and associated feedbacks under climate change

(2013) Richard G. Pearson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Congruent responses to weather variability in high arctic herbivores

(2012) A. Stien et al.   Biology Letters

Gauging climate change effects at local scales: weather-based indices to monitor insect harassment in caribou

(2012) Leslie A. Witter et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The influence of fire history on selection of foraging sites by barren-ground caribou

(2012) Tara A. Barrier et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Environmental and individual drivers of animal movement patterns across a wide geographical gradient

(2012) Tal Avgar et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Browsing-mediated shrub canopy changes drive composition and species richness in forest-tundra ecosystems

(2012) Adela Pajunen et al.   OIKOS

Frequency, timing, extent, and size of winter thaw-refreeze events in Alaska 2001–2008 detected by remotely sensed microwave backscatter data

(2012) Ryan R. Wilson et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Estimating the zone of influence of industrial developments on wildlife: a migratory caribouRangifer tarandus groenlandicusand diamond mine case study

(2012) John Boulanger et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   Nature Climate Change

Simulating the effects of climate change on fire regimes in Arctic biomes: implications for caribou and moose habitat

(2012) Kyle Joly et al.   Ecosphere

Identifying indirect habitat loss and avoidance of human infrastructure by northern mountain woodland caribou

(2011) J.L. Polfus et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Conservation of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Canada: an uncertain future1This review is part of the virtual symposium “Flagship Species – Flagship Problems” that deals with ecology, biodiversity and management issues, and climate impacts on species at risk and of Canadian importance, including the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), and caribou (Rangifer tarandus).

(2011) M. Festa-Bianchet et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Climate, icing, and wild arctic reindeer: past relationships and future prospects

(2011) Brage Bremset Hansen et al.   ECOLOGY

Detecting long-term changes to vegetation in northern Canada using the Landsat satellite image archive

(2011) R H Fraser et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

(2011) Isla H Myers-Smith et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A review of climate-driven mismatches between interdependent phenophases in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

(2011) Alison Donnelly et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Behavioural trade-offs in response to external stimuli: time allocation of an Arctic ungulate during varying intensities of harassment by parasitic flies

(2011) Leslie A. Witter et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Fire, grazing history, lichen abundance, and winter distribution of caribou in Alaska's taiga

(2011) William B. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Invading white-tailed deer change wolf-caribou dynamics in northeastern Alberta

(2011) A. David M. Latham et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

The effect of warble flies on reindeer fitness: a parasite removal experiment

(2011) M. Ballesteros et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Patterns and processes of global shrub expansion

(2011) Adam T. Naito et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Arctic parasitology: why should we care?

(2011) Rebecca Davidson et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Range fidelity: The missing link between caribou decline and habitat alteration?

(2010) Geneviève Faille et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Feeding-crater selection by high-arctic reindeer facing ice-blocked pastures

(2010) Brage Bremset Hansen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Linkages between large-scale climate patterns and the dynamics of Arctic caribou populations

(2010) Kyle Joly et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Climate Change Promotes the Emergence of Serious Disease Outbreaks of Filarioid Nematodes

(2010) Sauli Laaksonen et al.   EcoHealth

Detection of snow surface thawing and refreezing in the Eurasian Arctic with QuikSCAT: implications for reindeer herding

(2010) Annett Bartsch et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Climate, snow, ice, crashes, and declines in populations of reindeer and caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.)

(2010) N. J. C. Tyler   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Icing events trigger range displacement in a high-arctic ungulate

(2010) Audun Stien et al.   ECOLOGY

Wildlife diseases: from individuals to ecosystems

(2010) Daniel M. Tompkins et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Establishing a missing link: warm summers and winter snow cover promote shrub expansion into alpine tundra in Scandinavia

(2010) Martin Hallinger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reindeer movement patterns in alpine summer ranges

(2010) Anna Skarin et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Implications of Climate Change for Economic Development in Northern Canada: Energy, Resource, and Transportation Sectors

(2009) Terry D. Prowse et al.   AMBIO

Body-condition dynamics in a northern ungulate gaining fat in winter

(2009) Serge Couturier et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Summer dietary nitrogen availability as a potential bottom-up constraint on moose in south-central Alaska

(2009) Scott H. McArt et al.   ECOLOGY

Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere

(2009) Joshua J. Lawler et al.   ECOLOGY

Capital breeding and income breeding: their meaning, measurement, and worth

(2009) Philip A. Stephens et al.   ECOLOGY

Nutrition integrates environmental responses of ungulates

(2009) Katherine L. Parker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Impacts of climate change on the seasonal distribution of migratory caribou

(2009) SAPNA SHARMA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global declines of caribou and reindeer

(2009) LIV SOLVEIG VORS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Variation in Calf Body Mass in Migratory Caribou: The Role of Habitat, Climate, and Movements

(2009) Serge Couturier et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Does climate change influence the availability and quality of reindeer forage plants?

(2009) Minna Turunen et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Avian population consequences of climate change are most severe for long-distance migrants in seasonal habitats

(2009) C. Both et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

(2009) E. Post et al.   SCIENCE

Disease spread, susceptibility and infection intensity: vicious circles?

(2009) Pablo M. Beldomenico et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Parasite zoonoses and climate change: molecular tools for tracking shifting boundaries

(2009) Lydden Polley et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

The Arctic as a model for anticipating, preventing, and mitigating climate change impacts on host–parasite interactions

(2009) Susan J. Kutz et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Climate Change: Effects on the Ecological Basis for Reindeer Husbandry in Sweden

(2008) Jon Moen   AMBIO

Forage Quality and Reindeer Productivity: Multiplier Effects Amplified by Climate Change

(2008) Merben R. Cebrian et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Slow Recovery of Lichen on Burned Caribou Winter Range in Alaska Tundra: Potential Influences of Climate Warming and Other Disturbance Factors

(2008) Randi Jandt et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Demographics in an alpine reindeer herd: effects of density and winter weather

(2008) Timo Helle et al.   ECOGRAPHY

PAST AND FUTURE CHANGES IN CANADIAN BOREAL WILDFIRE ACTIVITY

(2008) Martin P. Girardin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover

(2008) Josefino C. Comiso et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Plant-mediated effects of elevated ultraviolet-B radiation on peat microbial communities of a subarctic mire

(2008) RIIKKA RINNAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest

(2008) MIKE FLANNIGAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil Thermal and Ecological Impacts of Rain on Snow Events in the Circumpolar Arctic

(2008) Kevin J. Rennert et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Stochastic and Compensatory Effects Limit Persistence of Variation in Body Mass of Young Caribou

(2008) Bruce W. Dale et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Is there a cost of parasites to caribou?

(2008) J. HUGHES et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Allocating Protein to Reproduction in Arctic Reindeer and Caribou

(2008) Perry S. Barboza et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

A movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research

(2008) R. Nathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species

(2008) RA Robinson et al.   Endangered Species Research

Climate change reduces reproductive success of an Arctic herbivore through trophic mismatch

(2007) E. Post et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES