Harmonizing circumpolar monitoring of Arctic fox: benefits, opportunities, challenges and recommendations
Berteaux, Dominique; Thierry, Anne-Mathilde; Alisauskas, Ray; Angerbjörn, Anders; Buchel, Eric; Doronina, Liliya; Ehrich, Dorothee; Eide, Nina; Erlandsson, Rasmus; Flagstad, Oystein; Fuglei, Eva; Gilg, Olivier; Goltsman, Mikhail; Henttonen, Heikki; Ims, Rolf; Killengreen, Siw; Kondratyev, Alexander; Kruchenkova, Elena; Kruckenberg, Helmut; Kulikova, Olga; Landa, Arild; Lang, Johannes; Menyushina, Irina; Mikhnevich, Julia; Niemimaa, Jukka; Noren, Karin; Ollila, Tuomo; Ovsyanikov, Nikita; Pokrovskaya, Liya; Pokrovsky, Ivan; Rodnikova, Anna; Roth, James; Sabard, Brigitte; Samelius, Gustaf; Schmidt, Niels; Sittler, Benoit; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Sokolova, Natalya; Stickney, Alice; Unnsteinsdottir, Ester Rut; White, Paula (2017)
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Berteaux, Dominique
Thierry, Anne-Mathilde
Alisauskas, Ray
Angerbjörn, Anders
Buchel, Eric
Doronina, Liliya
Ehrich, Dorothee
Eide, Nina
Erlandsson, Rasmus
Flagstad, Oystein
Fuglei, Eva
Gilg, Olivier
Goltsman, Mikhail
Henttonen, Heikki
Ims, Rolf
Killengreen, Siw
Kondratyev, Alexander
Kruchenkova, Elena
Kruckenberg, Helmut
Kulikova, Olga
Landa, Arild
Lang, Johannes
Menyushina, Irina
Mikhnevich, Julia
Niemimaa, Jukka
Noren, Karin
Ollila, Tuomo
Ovsyanikov, Nikita
Pokrovskaya, Liya
Pokrovsky, Ivan
Rodnikova, Anna
Roth, James
Sabard, Brigitte
Samelius, Gustaf
Schmidt, Niels
Sittler, Benoit
Sokolov, Aleksandr
Sokolova, Natalya
Stickney, Alice
Unnsteinsdottir, Ester Rut
White, Paula
Julkaisusarja
Polar Research
Volyymi
36
Numero
Sup. 1
Taylor & Francis
2017
Tiivistelmä
The 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 population status, ecosystem state or ecosystem function. We review the benefits, opportunities and challenges to increased integration of monitoring projects. We argue that better harmonizing protocols of data collection and data management would allow new questions to be addressed while adding tremendous value to individual projects. However, despite many opportunities, challenges remain. We offer six recommendations that represent decisive progress toward a better integration of Arctic fox monitoring projects. Further, our work serves as a template that can be used to integrate monitoring efforts of other species, thereby providing a key step for future assessments of global biodiversity.
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