ArticleAmbio2017
Interaction webs in arctic ecosystems: Determinants of arctic change?
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- Nonlinear trends in abundance and diversity and complex responses to climate change in Arctic arthropods.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Parasitoids indicate major climate-induced shifts in arctic communities.Global change biology · 2020Article
- Seasonal food webs with migrations: multi-season models reveal indirect species interactions in the Canadian Arctic tundra.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
How species interact modulate their dynamics, their response to environmental change, and ultimately the functioning and stability of entire communities. Work conducted at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, has changed our view on how networks of arctic biotic interactions are structured, how they vary in time, and how they are changing with current environmental change: firstly, the high arctic interaction webs are much more complex than previously envisaged, and with a structure mainly dictated by its arthropod component. Secondly, the dynamics of species within these webs reflect changes in environmental conditions. Thirdly, biotic interactions within a trophic level may affect other trophic levels, in some cases ultimately affecting land-atmosphere feedbacks. Finally, differential responses to environmental change may decouple interacting species. These insights form Zackenberg emphasize that the combination of long-term, ecosystem-based monitoring, and targeted research projects offers the most fruitful basis for understanding and predicting the future of arctic ecosystems.
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