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Integrating Snow Science And Wildlife Ecology In Arctic-Boreal North America, Natalie T. Boelman, Glen E. Liston, Eliezer Gurarie, Arjan J.H. Meddens, Peter J. Mahoney, Peter B. Kirchner, Gil Bohrer, Todd J. Brinkman, Chris L. Cosgrove, Jan U. H. Eitel, Mark Hebblewhite, John S. Kimball, Scott Lapoint, Anne W. Nolin, Deana Pedersen, Stine Højlund Pedersen, Laura R. Prugh, Adele K. Reinking, Lee A. Vierling

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

Snow covers Arctic and boreal regions (ABRs) for approximately 9 months of the year, thus snowscapes dominate the form and function of tundra and boreal ecosystems. In recent decades, Arctic warming has changed the snowcover's spatial extent and distribution, as well as its seasonal timing and duration, while also altering the physical characteristics of the snowpack. Understanding the little studied effects of changing snowscapes on its wildlife communities is critical. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the urgent need for, and suggest an approach for developing, an improved suite of temporally evolving, spatially distributed snow products to help …