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Arctic terrestrial biodiversity status and trends: A synopsis of science supporting the CBMP State of Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Report.

Jason J Taylor, James P Lawler, Mora Aronsson, Tom Barry, Anne D Bjorkman, Tom Christensen, Stephen J Coulson, Christine Cuyler, Dorothee Ehrich, Knud Falk and 10 more

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Review in Ambio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. The changing Arctic Ocean: consequences for biological communities, biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Jason J TaylorU.S. National Park Service, PO Box 517, Skagway, AK, 99840, USA. Jason_J_Taylor@nps.gov.
James P LawlerU.S. National Park Service, 240 West 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK, 99501, USA.
Mora AronssonSwedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7007, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
Tom BarryCAFF Secretariat Borgir, Nordurslod 600, Akureyri, Iceland.
Anne D BjorkmanDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B, 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden.
Tom ChristensenArctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
Stephen J CoulsonSwedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7007, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
Christine CuylerGreenland Institute of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 570, 3900, Nuuk, Greenland.
Dorothee EhrichUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9037, Tromsø, Norway.
Knud Falk, Stockholm, Sweden.
Alastair FrankeDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Biological Sciences Bldg., CW 405, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, UK.
Eva FugleiNorwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Postbox 6606, Langnes, 9296, Tromsø, Norway.
Mark A GillespieDepartment of Engineering and Natural Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal Campus, 6851, Sogndal, Norway.
Starri HeiðmarssonIcelandic Institute of Natural History, Borgir Nordurslod, 600, Akureyri, Iceland.
Toke HøyeDepartment of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Grenåvej 14, 8410, Rønde, Denmark.
Liza K JenkinsMichigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Michigan Technological University, 3600 Green Court, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Virve RavolainenNorwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Postbox 6606, Langnes, 9296, Tromsø, Norway.
Paul A SmithEnvironment and Climate Change Canada, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3, Canada.
Pawel WasowiczIcelandic Institute of Natural History, Borgir Nordurslod, 600, Akureyri, Iceland.
Niels Martin SchmidtArctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review provides a synopsis of the main findings of individual papers in the special issue Terrestrial Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing Arctic. The special issue was developed to inform the State of the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Report developed by the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Arctic Council working group. Salient points about the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity and biodiversity monitoring are organized by taxonomic groups: (1) vegetation, (2) invertebrates, (3) mammals, and (4) birds. This is followed by a discussion about commonalities across the collection of papers, for example, that heterogeneity was a predominant pattern of change particularly when assessing global trends for Arctic terrestrial biodiversity. Finally, the need for a comprehensive, integrated, ecosystem-based monitoring program, coupled with targeted research projects deciphering causal patterns, is discussed.

Indexed as

BiodiversityEcosystemAnimalsArctic RegionsBirdsInvertebratesArcticBiodiversity monitoringCAFFCBMPFocal ecosystem componentsStatus and trends

Identifiers

PMID31955399
PMCPMC6989707

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