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Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic

Sarah C Davidson·Gil Bohrer·Eliezer Gurarie·Scott LaPoint·Peter J Mahoney·Natalie Boelman·Jan UH Eitel·Laura R. Prugh·Lee A. Vierling·Jyoti Jennewein·Emma Grier·Ophelie Couriot·Allicia P Kelly·Arjan JH Meddens·Ruth Y Oliver·Roland Kays·Martin Wikelski·Tomas Aarvak·Joshua T. Ackerman·Monica Almeida e Silva·José A. Alves·Erin Bayne·Bryan Bedrosian·Jerrold L. Belant·Andrew M Berdahl·Alicia Berlin·Dominique Berteaux·Joel Bety·Dmitrij Boiko·Travis L. Booms·Bridget L Borg·Stan Boutin·W. Sean Boyd·Kane Brides·Stephen C. Brown·Victor N. Bulyuk·Kurt K Burnham·David Cabot·Michael L. Casazza·Katherine S. Christie·Erica H. Craig·Shanti E. Davis·Tracy Davison·Dominic Demma·Christopher R. DeSorbo·Andrew E. Dixon·Robert Domenech·Gotz Eichhorn·Kyle Elliott·Joseph R. Evenson·Klaus-Michael Exo·Steven Ferguson·Wolfgang Fiedler·Aaron T. Fisk·J. Fort·Alastair Franke·Mark R. Fuller·Stefan Garthe·Gilles Gauthier·Grant Gilchrist·Petr Glazov·Carrie E. Gray·David Gremillet·Larry Griffin·Mike Hallworth·Autumn-Lynn Harrison·Holly Hennin·J Mark Hipfner·James Hodson·James A. Johnson·Kyle Joly·Kimberly Jones·Todd E. Katzner·Jeff W Kidd·Elly Knight·Michael N. Kochert·Andrea Kolzsch·Helmut Kruckenberg·Benjamin J Lagassé·Sandra Lai·Jean-François Lamarre·Richard B. Lanctot·Nicholas C Larter·A David Latham·Christopher J. Latty·James P. Lawler·Don-Jean Léandri-Breton·Hansoo Lee·Stephen B. Lewis·Oliver P. Love·Jesper Madsen·Mark Maftei·Mark L. Mallory·Buck Mangipane·Mikhail Y. Markovets·Peter P. Marra·Rebecca L McGuire·Carol McIntyre·Emily A McKinnon·Tricia A. Miller

Abstract

The Arctic is entering a new ecological state, with alarming consequences for humanity. Animal-borne sensors offer a window into these changes. Although substantial animal tracking data from the Arctic and subarctic exist, most are difficult to discover and access. Here, we present the new Arctic Animal Movement Archive (AAMA), a growing collection of more than 200 standardized terrestrial and marine animal tracking studies from 1991 to the present. The AAMA supports public data discovery, preserves fundamental baseline data for the future, and facilitates efficient, collaborative data analysis. With AAMA-based case studies, we document climatic influences on the migration phenology of eagles, geographic differences in the adaptive response of caribou reproductive phenology to climate change, and species-specific changes in terrestrial mammal movement rates in response to increasing temperature.

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Sarah C Davidson, Gil Bohrer, Eliezer Gurarie, Scott LaPoint, Peter J Mahoney, Natalie Boelman, Jan UH Eitel, Laura R. Prugh, Lee A. Vierling, Jyoti Jennewein, Emma Grier, Ophelie Couriot, Allicia P Kelly, Arjan JH Meddens, Ruth Y Oliver, Roland Kays, Martin Wikelski, Tomas Aarvak, Joshua T. Ackerman, Monica Almeida e Silva, José A. Alves, Erin Bayne, Bryan Bedrosian, Jerrold L. Belant, Andrew M Berdahl, Alicia Berlin, Dominique Berteaux, Joel Bety, Dmitrij Boiko, Travis L. Booms, Bridget L Borg, Stan Boutin, W. Sean Boyd, Kane Brides, Stephen C. Brown, Victor N. Bulyuk, Kurt K Burnham, David Cabot, Michael L. Casazza, Katherine S. Christie, Erica H. Craig, Shanti E. Davis, Tracy Davison, Dominic Demma, Christopher R. DeSorbo, Andrew E. Dixon, Robert Domenech, Gotz Eichhorn, Kyle Elliott, Joseph R. Evenson, Klaus-Michael Exo, Steven Ferguson, Wolfgang Fiedler, Aaron T. Fisk, J. Fort, Alastair Franke, Mark R. Fuller, Stefan Garthe, Gilles Gauthier, Grant Gilchrist, Petr Glazov, Carrie E. Gray, David Gremillet, Larry Griffin, Mike Hallworth, Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Holly Hennin, J Mark Hipfner, James Hodson, James A. Johnson, Kyle Joly, Kimberly Jones, Todd E. Katzner, Jeff W Kidd, Elly Knight, Michael N. Kochert, Andrea Kolzsch, Helmut Kruckenberg, Benjamin J Lagassé, Sandra Lai, Jean-François Lamarre, Richard B. Lanctot, Nicholas C Larter, A David Latham, Christopher J. Latty, James P. Lawler, Don-Jean Léandri-Breton, Hansoo Lee, Stephen B. Lewis, Oliver P. Love, Jesper Madsen, Mark Maftei, Mark L. Mallory, Buck Mangipane, Mikhail Y. Markovets, Peter P. Marra, Rebecca L McGuire, Carol McIntyre, Emily A McKinnon, Tricia A. Miller. 2020. Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb7080

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