Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats

V Kubelka, BK Sandercock, T Székely… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Every year, many wild animals undertake long-distance migration to breed in the north,
taking advantage of seasonally high pulses in food supply, fewer parasites, and lower …

Warming Arctic summers unlikely to increase productivity of shorebirds through renesting

ST Saalfeld, BL Hill, CM Hunter, CJ Frost… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change in the Arctic is leading to earlier summers, creating a phenological
mismatch between the hatching of insectivorous birds and the availability of their …

Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA): an interdisciplinary German research project

GUC Lehmann, N Bakanov, M Behnisch… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Insect declines and biodiversity loss have attracted much attention in recent years, but lack
of comprehensive data, conflicting interests among stakeholders and insufficient policy …

Mismatch‐induced growth reductions in a clade of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds are rarely mitigated by increasing temperatures

TK Lameris, PS Tomkovich, JA Johnson… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In seasonal environments subject to climate change, organisms typically show phenological
changes. As these changes are usually stronger in organisms at lower trophic levels than …

Opposite, but insufficient, phenological responses to climate in two circumpolar seabirds: Relative roles of phenotypic plasticity and selection

S Whelan, SA Hatch, AJ Gaston, HG Gilchrist… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The magnitude of climate change has been greatest in the Arctic, accelerating climate‐
induced shifts in phenology, but wildlife responses vary. Variation may be due to the relative …

Predator–prey interactions in the Arctic: DNA metabarcoding reveals that nestling diet of snow buntings reflects arthropod seasonality

C Stolz, Ø Varpe, RA Ims, BK Sandercock… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tundra arthropods are of considerable ecological importance as a seasonal food source for
many arctic‐breeding birds. Dietary composition and food preferences are rarely known …

Spatiotemporal and weather effects on the reproductive success of piping plovers on Prince Edward Island, Canada

R Guild, X Wang, S Hirtle, S Mader - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus sp.) rank among North America's most endangered
shorebird species, facing compounding environmental challenges that reduce habitat …

A circumpolar study unveils a positive non‐linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming‐induced trophic mismatch …

A Chagnon‐Lafortune, É Duchesne… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonally abundant arthropods are a crucial food source for many migratory birds that
breed in the Arctic. In cold environments, the growth and emergence of arthropods are …

Out of the frying pan into the fire: Predicted warming in alpine streams suggests hidden consequences for aquatic ectotherms

ME Shackleton, AR Siebers, PJ Suter… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal regimes of aquatic ecosystems are predicted to change as climate warming
progresses over the next century, with high‐latitude and high‐elevation regions predicted to …

In hot water? Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in Arctic thaw ponds and relationships with environmental variables

KEB Gurney, JC Koch, JA Schmutz… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing environmental change across the Arctic is affecting many freshwater ecosystems,
including small thaw ponds that support macroinvertebrates, thus potentially affecting …