How Wildlife are Responding to a Warming Climate
Chambers N, MacCluskie M, Bartz K, Borg B, Cameron M, Deacy W, Hilderbrand G, Joly K, Larsen A, Lewis T, Mangipane B, McIntyre C, Mizel J, Owen P, Payer D, Schmidt J, Sorum M. 2023. How Wildlife are Responding to a Warming Climate. Alaska Park Science. 22(1):56-69
Alaska spans wide latitudinal and elevational ranges, leading to a diverse array of habitat types from temperate coastal rain forests to alpine and Arctic tundra. Therefore, the corresponding impacts of climate change and their implications to wildlife also vary greatly. In addition to warming temperatures and changes in precipitation, climate-driven extremes and events like heavy snowfall, rain-on-snow, and even drought have affected many parks in recent years. Below we describe our observations from research and monitoring studies conducted in Alaska parks and provide context for those observations where possible.
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- Journal Article
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- Chambers, Nina; MacCluskie, Margaret; Bartz, Krista; Borg, Bridget; Cameron, Matthew; Deacy, William; Hilderbrand, Grant; Joly, Kyle; Larsen, Amy; Lewis, Tania; Mangipane, Buck; McIntyre, Carol; Mizel, Jeremy; Owen, Patricia; Payer, David; Schmidt, Joshua; Sorum, Mathew