• Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts 

      Bokhorst, Stef; Pedersen, Stine Højlund; Brucker, Ludovic; Anisimov, Oleg; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Brown, Ross D.; Ehrich, Dorothee (Journal article, 2016)
      Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and prediction of snow. Plausible scenarios of ...
    • Combining modelling tools to evaluate a goose management scheme 

      Baveco, Johannes M.; Bergjord, Anne-Kari; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Chudzinska, Magda E.; Pellissier, Loïc; Simonsen, Caroline E.; Madsen, Jesper; Tombre, Ingunn; Nolet, Bart A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Many goose species feed on agricultural land, and with growing goose numbers, conflicts with agriculture are increasing. One possible solution is to designate refuge areas where farmers are paid to leave geese undisturbed. ...
    • Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? 

      Ehrich, Dorothee; Schmidt, Niels M.; Gauthier, Gilles; Alisauskas, Ray; Angerbjörn, Anders; Clark, Karin; Ecke, Frauke; Eide, Nina Elisabeth; Framstad, Erik; Frandsen, Jay; Franke, Alastair; Gilg, Olivier; Giroux, Marie-Andrée; Henttonen, Heikki; Hörnfeldt, Birger; Ims, Rolf Anker; Kataev, Gennadiy D.; Kharitonov, Sergey P.; Killengreen, Siw Turid; Krebs, Charles J.; Lanctot, Richard B.; Lecomte, Nicolas; Menyushina, Irina; Morris, Douglas W.; Morrisson, Guy; Oksanen, Lauri; Oksanen, Tarja Maarit; Olofsson, Johan; Pokrovsky, Ivan G.; Popov, Igor Yu.; Reid, Don; Roth, James D.; Saalfeld, Sarah T.; Samelius, Gustaf; Sittler, Benoit; Sleptsov, Sergey M.; Smith, Paul; Sokolov, Aleksandr A.; Sokolova, Natalya A.; Soloviev, Mikhail Y.; Solovyeva, Diana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Lemmings are a key component of tundra food webs and changes in their dynamics can affect the whole ecosystem. We present a comprehensive overview of lemming monitoring and research activities, and assess recent trends ...
    • Ecosystem response to climatic change: the importance of the cold season 

      Bokhorst, Stef; Bjerke, Jarle Werner; Tømmervik, Hans; Preece, Catherine; Phoenix, Gareth K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Winter climate and snow cover are the important drivers of plant community development in polar regions. However, the impacts of changing winter climate and associated changes in snow regime have received much less attention ...
    • Global change and ecosystem connectivity: how geese link fields of central Europe to eutrophication of Arctic freshwaters 

      Hessen, Dag Olav; Tombre, Ingunn; van Geest, Gerben; Alfsnes, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Migratory connectivity by birds may mutually affect different ecosystems over large distances. Populations of geese overwintering in southern areas while breeding in high-latitude ecosystems have increased strongly ...
    • Goose management schemes to resolve conflicts with agriculture:Theory, practice and effects 

      Eythórsson, Einar; Tombre, Ingunn; Madsen, Jesper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In 2012, the four countries hosting the Svalbard population of pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus along its flyway launched an International Species Management Plan for the population. One of the aims was to reduce ...
    • Hunters who will not report illegal wolf killing: Self-policing or resistance with political overtones? 

      Skogen, Ketil; Von Essen, Erica; Krange, Olve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Illegal killing of wildlife is challenging conservation efforts worldwide. Ecological research has shown that illegal killing is severely affecting the transboundary Swedish-Norwegian wolf population. A previous study ...
    • Implementation of the first adaptive management plan for a European migratory waterbird population: The case of the Svalbard pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus 

      Madsen, Jesper; Williams, James Henty; Johnson, Fred A.; Tombre, Ingunn; Dereliev, Sergey; Kuijken, Eckhart (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      An International Species Management Plan for the Svalbard population of the pink-footed goose was adopted under theAgreement on theConservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds in 2012, the first case of adaptive ...
    • Incorporating threat in hotspots and coldspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services 

      Schröter, Matthias; Kraemer, Roland; Ceausu, Silvia; Rusch, Graciela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Spatial prioritization could help target conservation actions directed to maintain both biodiversity and ecosystem services. We delineate hotspots and coldspots of two biodiversity conservation features and five ...
    • A joint climate and nature cure: A transformative change perspective 

      Rusch, Graciela; Bartlett, Jesamine; Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Lein, Ulrika; Nordén, Jenni; Sandvik, Hanno; Stokland, Håkon B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Climate change has considerably dominated science-policy dialogue, public debate, and subsequently environmental policies since the three ‘‘Rio Conventions’’ were born. This has led to practically independent courses of ...
    • Local land use associated with socio-economic development in six arctic regions 

      Ehrich, Dorothee; Thuestad, Alma Elizabeth; Tømmervik, Hans; Fauchald, Per; Hausner, Vera Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The socioeconomic causes of land use change are complex. They are highly context dependent, but most often studied through case studies. Here, we use a quasi-experimental paired block design to investigate whether better ...
    • The missing pieces for better future predictions in subarctic ecosystems: A Tornetra¨sk case study 

      Pascual, Didac; Åkerman, Jonas; Becher, Marina; Callaghan, Terry V.; Christensen, Torben R.; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Emanuelsson, Urban; Giesler, Reiner; Hammarlund, Dan; Hanna, Edward; Hofgaard, Annika; Jin, Hongxiao; Johansson, Cecilia; Jonasson, Christer; Klaminder, Jonatan; Karlsson, Jan; Lundin, Erik; Michelsen, Anders; Olefeldt, David; Persson, Andreas; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Ra˛czkowska, Zofia; Rinnan, Riikka; Ström, Lena; Tang, Jing; Varner, Ruth K.; Wookey, Philip; Johansson, Margareta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Arctic and subarctic ecosystems are experiencing substantial changes in hydrology, vegetation, permafrost conditions, and carbon cycling, in response to climatic change and other anthropogenic drivers, and these changes ...
    • Muskox status, recent variation, and uncertain future 

      Cuyler, Christine; Rowell, Janice; Adamczewski, Jan; Anderson, Morgan; Blake, John; Bretten, Tord; Brodeur, Vincent; Campbell, Mitch; Checkley, Sylvia L.; Cluff, H. Dean; Côté, Steeve D.; Davison, Tracy; Dumond, Mathieu; Ford, Barrie; Gruzdev, Alexander; Gunn, Anne; Jones, Patrick; Kutz, Susan; Leclerc, Lisa-Marie; Mallory, Conor; Mavrot, Fabien; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Okhlop, Innokentiy Mikhailovich; Reynolds, Patricia; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Sipko, Taras; Suitor, Mike; Tomaselli, Matilde; Ytrehus, Bjørnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are an integral component of Arctic biodiversity. Given low genetic diversity, their ability to respond to future and rapid Arctic change is unknown, although paleontological history demonstrates ...
    • Non-native vascular flora of the Arctic: Taxonomic richness, distribution and pathways 

      Wasowicz, Pawel; Sennikov, Alexander N.; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Spellman, Katie; Carlson, Matthew; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Saarela, Jeffery M.; Seefeldt, Steven S.; Bennett, Bruce; Bay, Christian; Ickert-Bond, Stefanie; Väre, Henry (Journal article, 2020)
      We present a comprehensive list of non-native vascular plants known from the Arctic, explore their geographic distribution, analyze the extent of naturalization and invasion among 23 subregions of the Arctic, and examine ...
    • Non-native vascular flora of the Arctic: Taxonomic richness, distribution and pathways 

      Wasowicz, Pawel; Sennikov, Alexander N.; Spellman, Katie; Carlson, Matthew; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Saarela, Jeffery M.; Seefeldt, Steven S.; Bennett, Bruce; Bay, Christian; Ickert-Bond, Stefanie; Väre, Henry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We present a comprehensive list of non-native vascular plants known from the Arctic, explore their geographic distribution, analyze the extent of naturalization and invasion among 23 subregions of the Arctic, and examine ...
    • Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem 

      Simonsen, Caroline; Tombre, Ingunn; Madsen, Jesper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Expanding populations of farmland foraging geese are causing escalating conflict with agriculture. We used questionnaires to investigate farmers´ perceptions in mid-Norway of spring staging geese and the extent to which ...
    • SDGs at the halfway point: How the 17 global goals address risks and wicked problems 

      Pedersen, Anders Branth; Hickmann, Thomas; Renn, Ortwin; Eckert, Nicolas; Jax, Kurt; Lepenies, Robert; Liu, Hai Ying; Lyytimäki, Jari; Reis, Stefan; Rusch, Graciela (Others, 2023)
    • Societal implications of a changing Arctic Ocean 

      Huntington, Henry P.; Zagorsky, Andrey; Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter; Shin, Hyong Chul; Dawson, Jackie; Lukin, Maija; Egede Dahl, Parnuna; Guo, Peiqing; Thomas, David N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Arctic Ocean is undergoing rapid change: sea ice is being lost, waters are warming, coastlines are eroding, species are moving into new areas, and more. This paper explores the many ways that a changing Arctic Ocean ...
    • Status and trends in Arctic vegetation: Evidence from experimental warming and long-term monitoring 

      Bjorkman, Anne D.; Criado, Mariana Garcia; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Ravolainen, Virve; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Lawler, James P.; Aronsson, Mora; Bennett, Bruce; Gardfjell, Hans; Heiðmarsson, Starri; Stewart, Laerke; Normand, Signe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Changes in Arctic vegetation can have important implications for trophic interactions and ecosystem functioning leading to climate feedbacks. Plot-based vegetation surveys provide detailed insight into vegetation changes ...
    • Sustainable Development Goals and risks: The Yin and the Yang of the paths towards sustainability 

      Eckert, Nicolas; Rusch, Graciela; Lyytimäki, Jari; Lepenies, Robert; Giacona, Florie; Panzacchi, Manuela; Mosoni, Claire; Pedersen, Anders Branth; Mustajoki, Jyri; Mille, Raoul; Richard, Didier; Jax, Kurt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The United Nations 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define a path towards a sustainable future, but given that uncertainty characterises the outcomes of any SDG-related actions, risks in the implementation ...