Demography of two lemming species on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-736

  Gruyer, Nicolas ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Population cycle; Population density; Population dynamic; Reproduction; Small mammals; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CAPTURE METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD WEB; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; OSCILLATION; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY; TUNDRA;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS; LEMMUS; LEMMUS TRIMUCRONATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77952553516     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0746-7     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Angerbjörn A, Tannerfeldt M, Erlinge S (1999) Predator-prey relationships: arctic foxes and lemmings. J Anim Ecol 68: 34-49.
2. Angerbjörn A, Tannerfeldt M, Lundberg H (2001) Geographical and temporal patterns of lemming population dynamics in Fennoscandia. Ecography 24: 298-308.
3. Banfield AWF (1974) The mammals of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
4. Banks EM, Brooks RJ, Schnell J (1975) Radiotracking study of home range and activity of brown lemmings (Lemmus trimucronatus). J Mammal 56: 888-901.
5. Batzli GO, Jung HJG (1980) Nutritional ecology of microtine rodents-resource utilization near Atkasook, Alaska. Arct Alp Res 12: 483-499.
6. Blackburn GS, Wilson DJ, Krebs CJ (1998) Dispersal of juvenile collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) in a high-density population. Can J Zool 76: 2255-2261.
7. Burnham KP, Anderson DR (1998) Model selection and inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. Springer-Verlag, New York.
8. Chitty D (1996) Do lemmings commit suicide? Beautiful hypotheses and ugly facts. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
9. Choquet R, Reboulet AM, Lebreton JD, Gimenez O, Pradel R (2005) U-CARE 2. 2 User's Manual. Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Montpellier.
10. Duchesne D (2009) Sélection de l'habitat, reproduction et prédation hivernale chez les lemmings de l'Arctique. M. Sc. Thesis, Université Laval, Québec.
11. Duclos I (2002) Milieux mésiques et secs de l'Île Bylot, Nunavut (Canada): Caractérisation et utilisation par la Grande Oie des Neiges. M. Sc. Thesis, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières.
12. Efford MG (2004) Density estimation in live-trapping studies. Oikos 106: 598-610.
13. Efford MG, Dawson DK, Robbins CS (2004) DENSITY: software for analysing capture-recapture data from passive detector arrays. Anim Biodivers Conserv 27: 217-228.
14. Efford MG, Warburton B, Coleman MC, Barker RJ (2005) A field test of two methods for density estimation. Wildl Soc Bull 33: 731-738.
15. Elton CS (1924) Periodic fluctuations in the numbers of animals: their causes and effects. J Exp Biol 2: 119-163.
16. Erlinge S, Danell K, Frodin P, Hasselquist D, Nilsson P, Olofsson EB, Svensson M (1999) Asynchronous population dynamics of Siberian lemmings across the Palaearctic tundra. Oecologia 119: 493-500.
17. Erlinge S, Hasselquist D, Svensson M, Frodin P, Nilsson P (2000) Reproductive behaviour of female Siberian lemmings during the increase and peak phase of the lemming cycle. Oecologia 123: 200-207.
18. Framstad E, Stenseth NC, Ostbye E (1993a) Demography of Lemmus lemmus through five population cycles. In: Stenseth NC, Ims RA (eds) The biology of lemmings. Academic Press, London, pp 117-134.
19. Framstad E, Stenseth NC, Ostbye E (1993b) Times series analysis of population fluctuations of Lemmus lemmus. In: Stenseth NC, Ims RA (eds) The biology of lemmings. Academic Press, London, pp 97-116.
20. Fuller WA, Martell AM, Smith RFC, Speller SW (1975) High-arctic lemmings, Dicrostonyx groenlandicus. II. Demography. Can J Zool 53: 867-878.
21. Gauthier G, Rochefort L, Reed A (1996) The exploitation of wetland ecosystems by herbivores on Bylot Island. Geosci Can 23: 253-259.
22. Gauthier G, Bêty J, Giroux JF, Rochefort L (2004) Trophic interactions in a high arctic snow goose colony. Integr Comp Biol 44: 119-129.
23. Gauthier G, Berteaux D, Krebs CJ, Reid D (2009) Arctic lemmings are not simply food limited-a comment. Evol Ecol Res 11: 483-484.
24. Gibbons JW, Andrews KM (2004) PIT tagging: simple technology at its best. Bioscience 54: 447-454.
25. Gilg O (2002) The summer decline of the collared lemming, Dicrostonyx groenlandicus, in high arctic Greenland. Oikos 99: 499-510.
26. Gilg O, Hanski I, Sittler B (2003) Cyclic dynamics in a simple vertebrate predator-prey community. Science 302: 866-868.
27. Gilg O, Sittler B, Sabard B, Hurstel A, Sane R, Delattre P, Hanski L (2006) Functional and numerical responses of four lemming predators in high arctic Greenland. Oikos 113: 193-216.
28. Gruyer N (2007) Étude comparative de la démographie de deux espèces de lemmings (Lemmus sibericus et Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) à l'Île Bylot, Nunavut, Canada. M. Sc. Thesis, Université Laval, Québec.
29. Gruyer N, Gauthier G, Berteaux D (2008) Cyclic dynamics of sympatric lemming populations on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. Can J Zool 86: 910-917.
30. Hanski I, Henttonen H, Korpimaki E, Oksanen L, Turchin P (2001) Small-rodent dynamics and predation. Ecology 82: 1505-1520.
31. Hansson L (1983) Differences in age indicators between field and laboratory small rodent populations. Mammalia 47: 371-375.
32. Ims RA, Fuglei E (2005) Trophic interaction cycles in tundra ecosystems and the impact of climate change. Bioscience 55: 311-322.
33. Ims RA, Henden JA, Killengreen ST (2008) Collapsing population cycles. Trends Ecol Evol 23: 79-86.
34. Kendall WL, Nichols JD (1995) On the use of secondary capture-recapture samples to estimate temporary emigration and breeding proportions. J Appl Stat 22: 751-762.
35. Kendall WL, Nichols JD, Hines JE (1997) Estimating temporary emigration using capture-recapture data with Pollock's robust design. Ecology 78: 563-578.
36. Klemola T, Korpimaki E, Koivula M (2002) Rate of population change in voles from different phases of the population cycle. Oikos 96: 291-298.
37. Korpimaki E, Klemola T, Norrdahl K, Oksanen L, Oksanen T, Banks PB, Batzli GO, Henttonen H (2003) Vole cycles and predation. Trends Ecol Evol 18: 494-495.
38. Korpimaki E, Brown PR, Jacob J, Pech RP (2004) The puzzles of population cycles and outbreaks of small mammals solved? Bioscience 54: 1071-1079.
39. Krebs CJ (1964) The lemming cycle at Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, during 1959-1962. Technical Paper No. 15, Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary.
40. Krebs CJ (2002) Two complementary paradigms for analysing population dynamic. Phil Trans R Soc Lond B 357: 1211-1219.
41. Krebs CJ, Gaines MS, Keller BL, Myers JH, Tamarin RH (1973) Population cycles in small rodents. Science 179: 35-41.
42. Krebs CJ, Boonstra R, Kenney AJ (1995) Population dynamics of the collared lemming and the tundra vole at Pearce-Point, Northwest-Territories, Canada. Oecologia 103: 481-489.
43. Krebs CJ, Danell K, Angerbjörn A, Agrell J, Berteaux D, Bråthen KA, Danell O, Erlinge S, Fedorov V, Fredga K, Hjalten J, Hogstedt G, Jónsdóttir IS, Kenney A, Kjellen N, Nordin T, Roininen H, Svensson M, Tannerfeldt M, Wiklund CG (2003) Terrestrial trophic dynamics in the Canadian Arctic. Can J Zool 81: 827-843.
44. Lambin X, Bretagnolle V, Yoccoz NG (2006) Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: is there a need for different explanations for single pattern? J Anim Ecol 75: 340-349.
45. Mallory FF, Elliott JR, Brooks RJ (1981) Changes in body size in fluctuating populations of collared lemmings: age and photoperiod influences. Can J Zool 59: 174-182.
46. Millar JS (2001) On reproduction in lemmings. Ecoscience 8: 145-150.
47. Morris DW, Davidson DL, Krebs CJ (2000) Measuring the ghost of competition: Insights from density-dependent habitat selection on the co-existence and dynamics of lemmings. Evol Ecol Res 2: 41-67.
48. Negus NC, Berger PJ (1998) Reproductive strategies of Dicrostonyx groenlandicus and Lemmus sibiricus in high-arctic tundra. Can J Zool 76: 390-399.
49. Norrdahl K, Korpimaki E (2002) Changes in individual quality during a 3-year population cycle of voles. Oecologia 130: 239-249.
50. Norrdahl K, Heinila H, Klemola T, Korpimaki E (2004) Predator-induced changes in population structure and individual quality of Microtus voles: a large-scale field experiment. Oikos 105: 312-324.
51. Oksanen T, Oksanen L, Dahlgren J, Olofsson J (2008) Arctic lemmings, Lemmus spp. and Dycrostonyx spp.: integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Evol Ecol Res 10: 415-434.
52. Ostbye E, Semb-Johansson A (1970) The eyes lens as an age indicator in the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus). Nor J Zool 18: 239-243.
53. Otis DL, Burnham KP, White GC, Anderson DR (1978) Statistical inference from capture data on closed animal population. Wildlife Monogr No 62. The Wildlife Society, Louiseville.
54. Parmenter RR, Yates TL, Anderson DR, Burnham KP, Dunnum JL, Franklin AB, Friggens MT, Lubow BC, Miller M, Olson GS, Parmenter CA, Pollard J, Rexstad E, Shenk TM, Stanley TR, White GC (2003) Small-mammal density estimation: a field comparison of grid-based vs. web-based density estimators. Ecol Monogr 73: 1-26.
55. Pitelka FA (1973) Cyclic pattern in lemming populations near Barrow, Alaska. Am Tech Pap 25: 199-215.
56. Pitelka FA, Batzli GO (1993) Distribution, abundance and habitat use by lemmings on the north slope of Alaska. In: Stenseth NC, Ims RA (eds) The biology of lemmings. Academic Press, London, pp 198-213.
57. Predavec M, Krebs CJ (2000) Microhabitat utilisation, home ranges, and movement patterns of the collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) in the central Canadian Arctic. Can J Zool 78: 1885-1890.
58. Reid DG, Krebs CJ, Kenney A (1995) Limitation of collared lemming population-growth at low-densities by predation mortality. Oikos 73: 387-398.
59. Rodgers AR, Lewis MC (1986a) Diet selection in Arctic lemmings (Lemmus sibiricus and Dicrostonyx groenlandicus): forage availability and natural diets. Can J Zool 64: 1684-1689.
60. Rodgers AR, Lewis MC (1986b) Diet selection in Arctic lemmings: demography, home range, and habitat use. Can J Zool 64: 2717-2727.
61. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995) Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research, 3rd edn. WH Freeman and Company, New York.
62. Stenseth NC (1999) Population cycles in voles and lemmings: density dependence and phase dependence in a stochastic world. Oikos 87: 427-461.
63. Stenseth NC, Ims RA (1993a) Intra- and interspecific relations: an introduction. In: Stenseth NC, Ims RA (eds) The biology of lemmings. Academic Press, London, pp 341-354.
64. Stenseth NC, Ims RA (1993b) Population dynamics of lemmings: temporal and spatial variation: an introduction. In: Stenseth NC, Ims RA (eds) The biology of lemmings. Academic Press, London, pp 61-96.
65. Sundell J (2006) Experimental tests of the role of predation in the population dynamics of voles and lemmings. Mammal Rev 36: 107-141.
66. Turchin P, Batzli GO (2001) Availability of food and the population dynamics of arvicoline rodents. Ecology 82: 1521-1534.
67. Turchin P, Oksanen L, Ekerholm P, Oksanen T, Henttonen H (2000) Are lemmings prey or predators? Nature 405: 562-565.
68. Unangst ET, Wunder BA (2002) Effects of trap retention on body composition of live meadow voles. Physiol Biochem Zool 75: 627-634.
69. White GC, Burnham KP (1999) Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals. Bird Study 46: 120-139.
70. Williams BK, Nichols JD, Conroy MJ (2002) Analysis and management of animal populations. Academic Press, San Diego.
71. Wilson DJ, Krebs CJ, Sinclair T (1999) Limitation of collared lemming populations during a population cycle. Oikos 87: 382-398.