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SUBMITTER: Fauchald P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5406139 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fauchald Per P Park Taejin T Tømmervik Hans H Myneni Ranga R Hausner Vera Helene VH
Science advances 20170426 4
The migratory tundra caribou herds in North America follow decadal population cycles, and browsing from abundant caribou could be expected to counteract the current climate-driven expansion of shrubs in the circumpolar tundra biome. We demonstrate that the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has provided a strong signal for climate-induced changes on the adjacent caribou summer ranges, outperforming other climate indices in explaining the caribou-plant dynamics. We found no evidence of a negative ...[more]