2025-08-14 コペンハーゲン大学
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- https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/08/arctic-reindeer-face-drastic-decline/
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu0175
トナカイの耐性における過去と未来の温暖化シグナルの不一致が継続的な減少を引き起こしている Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines
Elisabetta Canteri, Stuart C. Brown, Eric Post, Niels Martin Schmidt, […] , and Damien A. Fordham
Science Advances Published:13 Aug 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adu0175
Abstract
Rangifer tarandus (caribou or reindeer) survived periods of abrupt climatic warming during the last deglaciation but are currently in global decline. Using process-explicit models of likely climate-human-Rangifer interactions and inferences of demographic change from radiocarbon-dated fossils and ancient DNA, we reconstruct and decipher 21,000 years of Rangifer population dynamics. These high-resolution population reconstructions pinpoint ecological characteristics and life-history traits that most likely enabled Rangifer to survive rapid warming events following the Last Glacial Maximum. Projecting these process-driven models into the future reveals that these attributes are unlikely to buffer Rangifer against wide-scale population declines from expected 21st Century climatic warming. Our findings highlight a need to boost investments in the management and conservation of Rangifer, particularly in North America, where projected losses are expected to exceed 80%. This will not only support the survival of the species and the vital services it renders in Arctic ecosystems, but also help sustain the socioeconomic, cultural, and emotional well-being of many Rangifer-dependent communities.
