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Stine Højlund Pedersen
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Open AccessQuantifying effects of snow depth on caribou winter range selection and movement in Arctic Alaska
Caribou and reindeer across the Arctic spend more than two thirds of their lives moving in snow. Yet snow-specific mechanisms driving their winter ecology and potentially influencing herd health and movement p...
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Open AccessAn application of upscaled optimal foraging theory using hidden Markov modelling: year-round behavioural variation in a large arctic herbivore
In highly seasonal environments, animals face critical decisions regarding time allocation, diet optimisation, and habitat use. In the Arctic, the short summers are crucial for replenishing body reserves, whil...
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Open AccessTransitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013
Climate-induced changes in vegetation phenology at northern latitudes are still poorly understood. Continued monitoring and research are therefore needed to improve the understanding of abiotic drivers. Here w...
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Open AccessChanging Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and prediction of snow. Plausible scenar...
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Long-term patterns of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) demographics in high arctic Greenland
Animal abundance is a key measure in conservation and management and tightly linked to population demographics. Demographic data from remote regions, however, are often scarce. Here, we present long-term (1996...
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Quantifying Episodic Snowmelt Events in Arctic Ecosystems
Rapid and extensive snowmelt occurred during 2 days in March 2013 at a low-Arctic study site in the ice-free part of southwest Greenland. Meteorology, snowmelt, and snow-property observations were used to iden...
