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It is now winter on the tundra, and it is fascinating to see how red foxes on Varanger Peninsula cope with these conditions. This winter is especially hard on foxes because the population cycle of small rodents is at a 4-year low. This means that foxes need to work extra hard to find enough food.
Warmer and wetter winters are expected to hamper rodents access to food, resulting in dampened, irregular or lost rodent population cycles. A new study shows that across Fennoscandian tundra, areas with milder winter climate have lower amplitude population cycles.
COAT aims to give robust documentation and predictions on climate change impacts on biodiversity, natural resources and ecosystem processes in the Norwegian Arctic, as a basis for management interventions and adaptations.
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