B21E:
The Resilience and Vulnerability of Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems to Climate Change V


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Session ID#: 60603

Session Description:
Climate change is unfolding faster in the high northern latitudes than anywhere else on Earth. These changes are impacting ecological processes directly, through warmer temperatures and changing precipitation, and indirectly, though increasing frequency of climate-driven disturbances such as wildfire, outbreaks of pests and pathogens, and permafrost thaw. Although some ecosystems are resistant or resilient to these changes, many are shifting to new states, altering the function of the Arctic-boreal region. This session invites contributions in terrestrial ecology and carbon cycle science that provide conceptual, regional, or global insights into the resilience and vulnerability of the Arctic-boreal region, including its wildlife and ecosystem services, to changing climate. Contributions may address any geographic area of this region. We welcome studies that use in situ, airborne, and satellite remote sensing observations, and models, or some combination thereof, to conceptualize, detect, predict or forecast the changing function of this region in the earth system.
Primary Convener:  Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Peter C Griffith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Abhishek Chatterjee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States
Primary Liaison:  Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Co-Organized with:
Biogeosciences, and Global Environmental Change

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0475 Permafrost, cryosphere, and high-latitude processes [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Using aerial lidar to understand the role of climate and herbivory in shaping forest demographics at the Arctic forest-tundra ecotone (463136)
Johanna Jensen1, Natalie Boelman2, Kevin Lee Griffin2, Andrew Maguire3, Laia Andreu-Hayles4, Rosanne D'Arrigo5, Jyoti S. Jennewein6, Arjan Meddens7, Rose Oelkers8, Carlos Alberto Silva7,9, Lee Alexander Vierling7 and Jan Eitel7, (1)Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, New York City, United States, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, CREAF, Center for Ecological research and Forestry Applications, Barcelona, Spain, (5)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (6)University of Idaho, Natural Resources and Society, Moscow, ID, United States, (7)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (8)Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biosciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, ID, United States
Wolf denning phenology and reproductive success in response to climate signals (454005)
Peter Mahoney1, Kyle Joly2, Bridget Borg3, Mathew Sorum4, Howard Golden5, Todd Rinaldi5, David Saalfeld5, David Latham6, Buck Mangipane7, Catherine Koizumi8, Édouard Bélanger8, Mark Hebblewhite9, Natalie Boelman10 and Laura Prugh11, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Environmental and Forest Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)National Park Service Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)National Park Service, Denali National Park, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)National Park Service, Yukon-Charley River National Park and Preserve, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (6)Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand, (7)National Park Service, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Port Alsworth, AK, United States, (8)Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, Inuvik, NT, Canada, (9)University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States, (10)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (11)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Environmental and ecological drivers of American robin (Turdus migratorius) migration and habitat selection (435398)
Ruth Oliver1, Glen E Liston2, Adele Reinking2, Gil Bohrer3, Sarah Cain Davidson4, Eliezer Gurarie5, Mark Hebblewhite6, Scott LaPoint7, Peter Mahoney8 and Natalie Boelman9, (1)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Fort Collins, United States, (3)The Ohio State University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, United States, (4)Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Migration, Radolfzell, Germany, (5)University of Maryland College Park, Biology, College Park, MD, United States, (6)University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States, (7)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (8)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Environmental and Forest Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, (9)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Using Remotely Sensed Features of Habitat Structure to Assess Behavioral Thermoregulation of Alaskan Moose in Response to Increasing Temperatures (386913)
Jyoti S. Jennewein1, Peter Mahoney2, Arjan J Meddens3, Mark Hebblewhite4, Sophoe Gilbert5, Natalie Boelman6, Graham Frye7, Kyle Joly8, Kim King Jones7, Tom Paragi7, Kalin Seaton7, Lee Alexander Vierling3 and Jan Eitel3, (1)University of Idaho, Natural Resources and Society, Moscow, ID, United States, (2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Environmental and Forest Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (4)University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States, (5)University of Idaho, Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, Moscow, United States, (6)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (7)Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Cordova, AK, United States, (8)National Park Service Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Large-Scale Synchrony and Climate Drivers of Barrenground Caribou Migration across North America (446756)
Eliezer Gurarie, University of Maryland College Park, Biology, College Park, MD, United States, Mark Hebblewhite, University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States, Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Sarah Cain Davidson, The Ohio State University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, United States, Allicia Kelly, Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Fort Smith, NT, Canada, Michael Suitor, Government of Yukon, Department of Environment, Whitehorse, YT, Canada and Kyle Joly, National Park Service Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
From drones to resource selection: using unmanned aerial vehicles to understand the relationship between fire, food availability and woodland caribou (448499)
Eric Palm, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, Matthew J Macander, Alaska Biological Research, Inc., Fairbanks, AK, United States, Kyle Russell, Yukon Government, Department of Environment, Whitehorse, YT, Canada, Michael Suitor, Government of Yukon, Department of Environment, Whitehorse, YT, Canada and Mark Hebblewhite, University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States
The Different Responses of Arctic Terrestrial and Aquatic Food Webs to Long-term Nutrient Additions (441361)
John C Moore1, Ashley Asmus2, Phaedra Budy3, Laura Gough4, Stephanie M. Parker5, Alexander D Huryn6, Amanda Koltz7, Yamina Pressler1, Rodney Simpson1 and Gaius R Shaver8, (1)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Biology, Arlington, TX, United States, (3)Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States, (4)Towson University, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson, United States, (5)National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (7)Washington University in St Louis, Biology, St. Louis, MO, United States, (8)Marine Bio Lab, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Transformation of terrestrial ecosystems of Yamal peninsula (Russia) under changing environmental conditions and human impact (356358)
Aleksandr Sokolov, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arctic Research Station, Labytnangi, Russia, Natalia Sokolova, Institute of plant and animal ecology ural branch russian academy of sciences, Arctic research station, Labytnangi, Russia, Ivan Fufachev, Institute of plant and animal ecology Ural branch Russian academy of sciences, Arctic research station, Labytnangi, Russia and Vasiliy Sokolov, Institute of plant and animal ecology Ural branch Russian academy of sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia

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