Arctic lemmings, Lemmus spp. and Dicrostonyx spp.: integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives

Tarja Oksanen; Lauri Oksanen; Jonas Dahlgren; Johan Olofsson

Arctic lemmings, Lemmus spp. and Dicrostonyx spp.: integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives

Tarja Oksanen
, Lauri Oksanen
, Jonas Dahlgren
, Johan Olofsson

Publication: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Abstract

Predictions: Increasing primary productivity along the southern (lower) boundary of the ranges of arctic lemmings should lead to their elimination by voles via apparent competition. Exclusion of lemmings should initiate dramatic changes in the vegetation of those tundra habitats, which have at least moderate snow cover and do not freeze in solid ice in winter. Exclusion of predators should have no impact on dynamics of inland populations of arctic lemmings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	415-434
Number of pages	20
Journal	Evolutionary Ecology Research
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arctic
Dicrostonyx
herbivory
Lemmus
outbreaks
population cycles
time trajectories
vegetation

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Arctic lemmings, Lemmus spp. and Dicrostonyx spp.: integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives

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