Climate warming allows generalist boreal consumers to expand into Arctic ecosystems. We present experimental and observational field data showing that a generalist boreal insect pest—the winter moth (Operophtera brumata Linnaeus, 1758)—is expanding its outbreak range out of the northern boreal mountain birch forest in northeast Fennoscandia and into the adjacent Low Arctic shrub tundra. This is the first documented example of an outbreaking boreal insect pest expanding into a tundra ecosystem. The expansion has coincided with a long-term advancing trend in the expected hatching date of moth eggs in spring for the study region. We show that the winter moth can complete development on Low Arctic willows and that the density of winter moth lar...
Black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) and lesser snow geese (Chen c. caerulescens) breeding in and...
Climate evolution over the next ten to hundred years involves many questions, linked to the impact o...
Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends ...
Winter distribution of Pacific Flyway brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) has shifted northward from l...
The trophic dynamics of the Yukon boreal forest have been under investigation at the Kluane Lake Res...
Interacting forces of climate change and increased human activity in the Arctic are driving rapid ch...
Red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) breed in Arctic and Subarctic lowlands throughout the cir...
Two adjacent populations of the Arctic moth Gynaephora groenlandica, a High Arctic endemic species, ...
The historical decline of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in North America was attributed ma...
Development of the muskox protostrongylid lungworm, Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, in its slug i...
The northern common eider (Somateria mollissima borealis) has become a source of concern because of ...
High-arctic ecosystems are facing rapid changes due to climate change. These regions are predicted t...
The Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an important nesting area for a variety of avian species, wh...
Source at https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0023. Accepted manuscript version, licensed CC BY-NC-ND ...
Cold-hardiness and related adaptations of insects in the Arctic correspond to characteristic climati...
Black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) and lesser snow geese (Chen c. caerulescens) breeding in and...
Climate evolution over the next ten to hundred years involves many questions, linked to the impact o...
Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends ...
Winter distribution of Pacific Flyway brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) has shifted northward from l...
The trophic dynamics of the Yukon boreal forest have been under investigation at the Kluane Lake Res...
Interacting forces of climate change and increased human activity in the Arctic are driving rapid ch...
Red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) breed in Arctic and Subarctic lowlands throughout the cir...
Two adjacent populations of the Arctic moth Gynaephora groenlandica, a High Arctic endemic species, ...
The historical decline of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in North America was attributed ma...
Development of the muskox protostrongylid lungworm, Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, in its slug i...
The northern common eider (Somateria mollissima borealis) has become a source of concern because of ...
High-arctic ecosystems are facing rapid changes due to climate change. These regions are predicted t...
The Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an important nesting area for a variety of avian species, wh...
Source at https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0023. Accepted manuscript version, licensed CC BY-NC-ND ...
Cold-hardiness and related adaptations of insects in the Arctic correspond to characteristic climati...
Black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) and lesser snow geese (Chen c. caerulescens) breeding in and...
Climate evolution over the next ten to hundred years involves many questions, linked to the impact o...
Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends ...