The population cycles of rodents at northern latitudes have puzzled people for centuries(1,2), and their impact is manifest throughout the alpine ecosystem(2,3). Climate change is known to be able to drive animal population dynamics between stable and cyclic phases(4,5), and has been suggested to cause the recent changes in cyclic dynamics of rodents and their predators(3,6-9). But although predator - rodent interactions are commonly argued to be the cause of the Fennoscandian rodent cycles(1,10-13), the role of the environment in the modulation of such dynamics is often poorly understood in natural systems(8,9,14). Hence, quantitative links between climate-driven processes and rodent dynamics have so far been lacking. Here we show that win...
It is well known that competition, predation and fluctuating food resources can have strong effect o...
Lemmings are famous for their spectacular population cycles that causes waves of biomass through t...
6 pagesInternational audienceAlpine and arctic lemming populations appear to be highly sensitive to ...
Spatially synchronous fluctuations of animal populations have profound ecological consequences, espe...
Small rodents in alpine areas are known to appear in multiannual cycles, usually with a population p...
Cyclic population fluctuations are common in boreal and Arctic species but the causes of these cycle...
Questions How do rodents with cyclic population dynamics affect seedling recruitment in alpine habi...
According to classic theory, species’ population dynamics and distributions are less influenced by s...
19 pagesInternational audienceThe high Arctic has the world's simplest terrestrial vertebrate predat...
Changing weather patterns, producing the wrong kind of snow, have transformed the population dynamic...
The cyclic population dynamics of vole and predator communities is a key phenomenon in northern ecos...
The cyclic population dynamics of vole and predator communities is a key phenomenon in northern ecos...
It is well known that competition, predation and fluctuating food resources can have strong effect o...
Lemmings are famous for their spectacular population cycles that causes waves of biomass through t...
6 pagesInternational audienceAlpine and arctic lemming populations appear to be highly sensitive to ...
Spatially synchronous fluctuations of animal populations have profound ecological consequences, espe...
Small rodents in alpine areas are known to appear in multiannual cycles, usually with a population p...
Cyclic population fluctuations are common in boreal and Arctic species but the causes of these cycle...
Questions How do rodents with cyclic population dynamics affect seedling recruitment in alpine habi...
According to classic theory, species’ population dynamics and distributions are less influenced by s...
19 pagesInternational audienceThe high Arctic has the world's simplest terrestrial vertebrate predat...
Changing weather patterns, producing the wrong kind of snow, have transformed the population dynamic...
The cyclic population dynamics of vole and predator communities is a key phenomenon in northern ecos...
The cyclic population dynamics of vole and predator communities is a key phenomenon in northern ecos...
It is well known that competition, predation and fluctuating food resources can have strong effect o...
Lemmings are famous for their spectacular population cycles that causes waves of biomass through t...
6 pagesInternational audienceAlpine and arctic lemming populations appear to be highly sensitive to ...