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Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic
Authors: Barrio, Isabel C.; Vuorinen, Katariina E. M.; Barbero-Palacios, Laura; Defourneaux, Mathilde; Bon, Matteo Petit; Greer, Eleanor A.; Anderson, Helen B.; Horstkotte, Tim; Lecomte, Nicolas; Windirsch, Torben; Ferraro, Kristy; Forbes, Bruce C.; Forbey, Jennifer S.; Criado, Mariana Garcia; Hagenberg, Liyenne; Hik, David S.; Kater, Ilona; Macek, Petr; Moen, Jon; Sundqvist, Maja K.; Szejgis, Jerzy; Villoslada, Miguel; Zaja, Erica; Berthelot, Fanny; Bjornsdottir, Katrin; Cunow, Johannes; den Herder, Michael; Eskelinen, Anu; Hayes, Katherine; Hollister, Robert D.; Kolbrun i Haraldsstovu, Kolbrun; Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg Svala; Kristensen, Jeppe A.; Lameris, Thomas K.; Oksanen, Lauri; Oksaneny, Tarja; Olofsson, Johan; Park, Taejin; Pedersen, Ashild O.; Ramirez, Juan Ignacio; Ravolainen, Virve T.; Roy, Austin; Ryde, Ingvild; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Schrofner-Brunner, Benedikt; Skarin, Anna; Speed, James D. M.; te Beest, Mariska; Simmonds, Mikaela; Torres, Rita T.; Traylor, Wolfgang; Virtanen, Risto; Wheeler, Helen C.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Axmacher, Jan C.; Filella, Jordi Bartolome; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Geange, Sonya R.; Gilg, Olivier; Grogan, Paul; Hernandez-Castellano, Carlos; Hoye, Toke T.; Kerby, Jeffrey T.; Klanderud, Kari; Koltz, Amanda M.; Lang, Johannes; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Loonen, Maarten J. J. E.; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Post, Eric; Serrano, Emmanuel; Siewert, Matthias; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Sokolova, Natalia; Suominen, Otso; Tamayo, Mariana; Terekhina, Alexandra; Volkovitskiy, Alexander; Kamenova, Stefaniya
Publisher: Canadian Science Publishing
Publishing place: OTTAWA
Publication year: 2025
Journal: Arctic Science
Journal name in source: Arctic Science
Journal acronym: ARCT SCI
Volume: 11
First page : 1
Last page: 26
Number of pages: 26
eISSN: 2368-7460
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0080
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0080
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/499169095
Herbivores are an integral part of Arctic terrestrial ecosystems, driving ecosystem functioning and sustaining local livelihoods. In the context of accelerated climate warming and land use changes, understanding how herbivores contribute to the resilience of Arctic socio-ecological systems is essential to guide sound decision-making and mitigation strategies. While research on Arctic herbivory has a long tradition, recent literature syntheses highlight important geographical, taxonomic, and environmental knowledge gaps on the impacts of herbivores across the region. At the same time, climate change and limited resources impose an urgent need to prioritize research and management efforts. We conducted a horizon scan within the Arctic herbivory research community to identify emerging scientific and management priorities for the next decade. From 288 responses received from 85 participants in two online surveys and an in-person workshop, we identified 8 scientific and 8 management priorities centred on (a) understanding and integrating fundamental ecological processes across multiple scales from individual herbivore-plant interactions up to regional and decadal scale vegetation and animal population effects; (b) evaluating climate change feedbacks; and (c) developing new research methods. Our analysis provides a strategic framework for broad, inclusive, interdisciplinary collaborations to optimise terrestrial herbivory research and sustainable management practices in a rapidly changing Arctic.
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Funding information in the publication:
Funding to support the participation of early career scientists in the HN meeting organized at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada, and the workshop organized in Lund, Sweden, was made available by the Terrestrial Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). Many of the discussions held during the meeting contribute to the TUNDRAsalad project (grant No. 217754), funded by the Icelandic Research Fund, and the activities of the Nordic Borealization Network (NordBorN) funded by NordForsk (project No. 164079). Funding to cover the open access publication of this manuscript was provided by the Open-Access Publication Fund of the Agricultural University of Iceland. NL was supported by the Canada Research Chair program, NSERC, and Universite de Moncton. MGC was funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovations Programme through the CHARTER project (Grant #869471) and by the NERC TundraTime project (NE/W006448/1). MPB was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant ANS-2113641). RTT was supported by a research contract (DOI:10.54499/2021.00690.CEECIND/CP1659/CT0029; ref. 2021.00690.CEECIND/CP1659/CT0029) and thanks FCT/MCTES for the financial support to UID Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e Mar (CESAM) + LA/P/0094/2020) .
