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Workshop Report

The final workshop report, entitled Wildlife Response to Environmental Arctic Change: Predicting Future Habitats of Arctic Alaska, is now available.

Full Citation

Martin, Philip D., Jennifer L. Jenkins, F. Jeffrey Adams, M. Torre Jorgenson, Angela C. Matz, David C. Payer, Patricia E. Reynolds, Amy C. Tidwell, and James R. Zelenak. 2009. Wildlife Response to Environmental Arctic Change: Predicting Future Habitats of Arctic Alaska. Report of the Wildlife Response to Environmental Arctic Change (WildREACH): Predicting Future Habitats of Arctic Alaska Workshop, 17-18 November 2008. Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 138 pages.

This peer-reviewed workshop report identifies the priority research, modeling, and synthesis activities needed to predict climate-related impacts to fish and wildlife populations in the Arctic.

Background Materials / Briefing Books

PDF Click on the links below to download drafts of the following background materials in PDF format:

Readers' Guide:
- The READERS' GUIDE outlines and briefly describes the contents of the briefing book to help participants determine which sections will be most important to review prior to the workshop sessions.
  - READERS' GUIDE (72 K)
Section 1: Workshop Information
- WildREACH Workshop Prospectus (72 K)
- Workshop Agenda (84 K)
- Workshop Participants (80 K)
- Working Group Instructions Packet (548 K)
- Tentative Working Group Members (33 K)
Section 2: North Slope Ecoregions and Climate Scenarios (532 K)
Section 3: Hydrology (548 K)
Section 4: Permafrost-influenced Geomorphic Processes (1.2 MB)
Section 5: Pathways of Ecosystem Change (528 K)
Section 6: Habitat Models for Fish and Wildlife (960 K)
Section 7: Climate Effects on Fish and Wildlife (816 K)
Sections 2-7 are available in one PDF: Sections 2-7 (2.4 MB)
Additional Background Readings
- General Arctic Change
  - Chapin, F.S. and others, 2008. Increasing wildfire in Alaska’s boreal forest: pathways to potential solutions of a wicked problem. BioScience, 58(6):531-540. (444 K)
  - Hinzman, L.D. and others, 2005. Evidence and implications of recent climate change in Northern Alaska and other arctic regions. Climactic Change, 72:251-298. (1.5 MB)
  - Ims, R.A. and Fuglei, E., 2005. Trophic interaction cycles in tundra ecosystems and the impact of climate change. BioScience, 55(4):311-322. (424 K)
  - Sturm, M. and others, 2005. Winter biological processes could help convert arctic tundra to shrubland. BioScience, 55(1):17-26. (876 K)
  - Tape, K., Sturm, M. and Racine, C., 2006. The evidence for shrub expansion in northern Alaska and the pan-Arctic. Global Change Biology, 12:686-702. (6.1 MB)
- Birds
  - Flint, P.L and others, 2007. Changes in abundance and spatial distribution of geese molting near Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska: interspecific competition or ecological change? Polar Biology, 31(5):549-556. (512 K)
  - Meltofte, H. and others, 2007. Effects of climate variation on the breeding ecology of Arctic shorebirds. 59:3-48. (2.9 MB)
  - Tulp, I. and Schekkerman, H., 2007. Has prey availability for Arctic birds advanced with climate change? Hindcasting the abundance of tundra arthropods using weather and seasonal variation. Arctic, 61(1):48-60. (596 K)
- Fish
  - Wrona, J.W., Prowse, T.D. and Reist, J.D., eds., 2006. Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries. Spec. issue of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 35(7).
- Mammals
  - Ims, R.A. and Fuglei, E., 2005. Trophic interaction cycles in tundra ecosystems and the impact of climate change. BioScience, 55(4):311-322. (424 K)