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Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
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Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales. / Barrio, Isabel C.; Ehrich, D.; Soininen, Eeva M. et al.
In: Arctic Science, Vol. 8, No. 3, 09.2022, p. 638–679.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
AU - Barrio, Isabel C.
AU - Ehrich, D.
AU - Soininen, Eeva M.
AU - Ravolainen, Virve
AU - Bueno, C.Guillermo
AU - Gilg, Olivier
AU - Koltz, Amanda M.
AU - Speed, James DM
AU - Hik, David
AU - Mörsdorf, S.
AU - Alatalo, Juha
AU - Angerbjörn, Anders
AU - Bêty, Joel
AU - Bollache, L.
AU - Boulanger-Lapointe, N.
AU - Brown, Glen
AU - Eischeid, Isabell
AU - Giroux, Marie A.
AU - Hájek, Tomas
AU - Hansen, Brage
AU - Hofhuis, Stijn
AU - Lamarre, Jean Francois
AU - Lang, Johannes
AU - Latty, Christopher
AU - Lecomte, Nicolas
AU - Macek, Petr
AU - McKinnon, Laura
AU - Myers-Smith, Isla
AU - Pedersen, Åshild
AU - Prevéy, Janet
AU - Roth, James D.
AU - Saalfeld, Sarah
AU - Schmidt, Niels Martin
AU - Smith, Paul Allen
AU - Sokolov, Alexandr
AU - Sokolova, Natalya
AU - Stolz, Christian
AU - Van Bemmelen, Robert
AU - Varpe, Øystein
AU - Woodard, Paul
AU - Jónsdóttir, I.S.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied and assessed standardized protocols to measure tundra herbivory at three spatial scales: plot, site (habitat), and study area (landscape). The plot and site-level protocols were tested in the field during summers 2014-2015 at eleven sites, nine of them comprising warming experimental plots included in the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). The study area protocols were assessed during 2014-2018 at 24 study areas across the Arctic. Our protocols provide comparable and easy-to-implement methods for assessing the intensity of invertebrate herbivory within ITEX plots and for characterizing vertebrate herbivore communities at larger spatial scales. We discuss methodological constraints and make recommendations for how these protocols can be used and how sampling effort can be optimized to obtain comparable estimates of herbivory, both at ITEX sites and at large landscape scales. The application of these protocols across the tundra biome will allow characterizing and comparing herbivore communities across tundra sites and at ecologically relevant spatial scales, providing an important step towards a better understanding of tundra ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied and assessed standardized protocols to measure tundra herbivory at three spatial scales: plot, site (habitat), and study area (landscape). The plot and site-level protocols were tested in the field during summers 2014-2015 at eleven sites, nine of them comprising warming experimental plots included in the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). The study area protocols were assessed during 2014-2018 at 24 study areas across the Arctic. Our protocols provide comparable and easy-to-implement methods for assessing the intensity of invertebrate herbivory within ITEX plots and for characterizing vertebrate herbivore communities at larger spatial scales. We discuss methodological constraints and make recommendations for how these protocols can be used and how sampling effort can be optimized to obtain comparable estimates of herbivory, both at ITEX sites and at large landscape scales. The application of these protocols across the tundra biome will allow characterizing and comparing herbivore communities across tundra sites and at ecologically relevant spatial scales, providing an important step towards a better understanding of tundra ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change
AB - Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied and assessed standardized protocols to measure tundra herbivory at three spatial scales: plot, site (habitat), and study area (landscape). The plot and site-level protocols were tested in the field during summers 2014-2015 at eleven sites, nine of them comprising warming experimental plots included in the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). The study area protocols were assessed during 2014-2018 at 24 study areas across the Arctic. Our protocols provide comparable and easy-to-implement methods for assessing the intensity of invertebrate herbivory within ITEX plots and for characterizing vertebrate herbivore communities at larger spatial scales. We discuss methodological constraints and make recommendations for how these protocols can be used and how sampling effort can be optimized to obtain comparable estimates of herbivory, both at ITEX sites and at large landscape scales. The application of these protocols across the tundra biome will allow characterizing and comparing herbivore communities across tundra sites and at ecologically relevant spatial scales, providing an important step towards a better understanding of tundra ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied and assessed standardized protocols to measure tundra herbivory at three spatial scales: plot, site (habitat), and study area (landscape). The plot and site-level protocols were tested in the field during summers 2014-2015 at eleven sites, nine of them comprising warming experimental plots included in the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). The study area protocols were assessed during 2014-2018 at 24 study areas across the Arctic. Our protocols provide comparable and easy-to-implement methods for assessing the intensity of invertebrate herbivory within ITEX plots and for characterizing vertebrate herbivore communities at larger spatial scales. We discuss methodological constraints and make recommendations for how these protocols can be used and how sampling effort can be optimized to obtain comparable estimates of herbivory, both at ITEX sites and at large landscape scales. The application of these protocols across the tundra biome will allow characterizing and comparing herbivore communities across tundra sites and at ecologically relevant spatial scales, providing an important step towards a better understanding of tundra ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change
KW - arctic
KW - area
KW - communities
KW - COMMUNITY
KW - constraint
KW - CONSTRAINTS
KW - ecosystem
KW - ecosystem responses
KW - environmental change
KW - ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE
KW - global environmental change
KW - habitat
KW - herbivore
KW - herbivory
KW - International Tundra Experiment
KW - Invertebrate
KW - ITEX
KW - landscape
KW - RESPONSES
KW - sampling
KW - scale
KW - spatial
KW - spatial scale
KW - SUMMER
KW - tundra
KW - vertebrate
KW - warming
U2 - 10.1139/AS-2020-0020
DO - 10.1139/AS-2020-0020
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 8
SP - 638
EP - 679
JO - Arctic Science
JF - Arctic Science
SN - 2368-7460
IS - 3
ER -