Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations

Polar research

Paula A. White¹  Nina E. Eide²  Rolf A. Ims³  Ray Alisauskas⁴  Karin Norén⁶  Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir⁷  Aleksandr A. Sokolov⁷  Liliya Doronina⁷  Heikki Henttonen⁷  Jukka Niemimaa⁷  Alice Stickney⁸  Irina Menyushina⁹  Anne-Mathilde Thierry^1,10  Dominique Berteaux^1,11  Elena Kruchenkova^1,13  Helmut Kruckenberg^1,13  Rasmus Erlandsson^1,13  Benoit Sittler^1,14  Gustaf Samelius^1,15  Siw T. Killengreen^1,16  Nikita Ovsyanikov^1,16  Niels M. Schmidt^1,16  Arild Landa^1,16  Brigitte Sabard^1,16  Eric Buchel^1,17  Eva Fuglei^1,17  Ivan Pokrovsky^1,17  Natalya A. Sokolova^1,19  Johannes Lang^2,20  Olga Kulikova^2,21  Dorothee Ehrich^2,22  Tuomo Ollila^2,23  James D. Roth^2,23  Alexander Kondratyev^2,24  Liya Pokrovskaya^2,24  Øystein Flagstad^2,25  Julia Mikhnevich^2,25  Olivier Gilg^2,25  Mikhail Goltsman^2,26  Anna Rodnikova^2,27  Anders Angerbjörn^2,28 

[1] Chair for Landscape Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;Laboratoire de Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Francehttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9083-4492;Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway;Science Center for Arctic Studies, State Organization of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard, Russia;Working Group for Wildlife Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany;Arctic Ecology Research Group, Francheville, France;Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmarkhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-6218;Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Yamal, Russia;Canada Research Chair on Northern Biodiversity and Centre for Northern Studies, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada;Canada Research Chair on Northern Biodiversity and Centre for Northern Studies, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, CanadaCorrespondence;Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway;Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany;Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia;Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;Ester, AK, USA;Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan, Sweden;Institute for Waterbird and Wetlands Research, Verden (Aller), Germany;Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia;Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;Moscow, Russia;Natural Resources Institute Finland, Vantaa, Finland;Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway;Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway;Parks and Wildlife, Metsähallitus, Rovaniemi, Finland;Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;The Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Garðabær, Iceland

关键词: Alopex lagopus;    Arctic ecosystems;    biodiversity assessment;    biodiversity indicator;    data management;    protocol harmonization;    CAFF: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna;    IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature;   

DOI  :  10.1080/17518369.2017.1319602

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Co-Action Publishing

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACTThe biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has developed pan-Arctic biodiversity monitoring plans to improve our ability to detect, understand and report on long-term change in Arctic biodiversity. The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) was identified as a target of future monitoring because of its circumpolar distribution, ecological importance and reliance on Arctic ecosystems. We provide the first exhaustive survey of contemporary Arctic fox monitoring programmes, describing 34 projects located in eight countries. Monitored populations covered equally the four climate zones of the species’ distribution, and there were large differences between populations in long-term trends, multi-annual fluctuations, diet composition, degree of competition with red fox and human interferences. Den density, number of active dens, number of breeding dens and litter size were assessed in almost all populations, while projects varied greatly with respect to monitoring of other variables indicative of populatio...

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