Review article2008Peer reviewed
Arctic lemmings, Lemmus spp. and Dicrostonyx spp.: integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives
Oksanen, Tarja; Oksanen, Lauri; Dahlgren, Jonas; Olofsson, Johan
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.
Keywords
Arctic; Dicrostonyx; herbivory; Lemmus; outbreaks; population cycles; time trajectories; vegetation
Published in
Evolutionary Ecology Research
2008, Volume: 10, number: 3, pages: 415-434
Publisher: EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY LTD
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/43106