The Beringian coevolution project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North

Joseph A. Cook; Kurt E. Galbreath; Mariel Campbell; Susanne Carriere; Jocelyn P. Colella; Natalie G. Dawson; Jonathan L. Dunnum; Ralph P. Eckerlin; Stephen E. Greiman; Vadim B. Fedorov; Genevieve M. S. Haas; Voitto Haukisalmi; Heikki Henttonen; Andrew G. Hope; Donavan Jackson; Tom Jung; Anson V. Koehler; John M. Kinsella; Dianna Krejsa; Susan J. Kutz; Schuyler Liphardt; Stephen O. MacDonald; Jason L. Malaney; Arseny Makarikov; Jon Martin; Bryan S. McLean; Robert Mulders; Batsaikhan Nyamsuren; Sandra L. Talbot; Vasyl V. Tkach; Albina Tsvetkova; Heather M. Toman; Eric C. Waltari; Jackson S. Whitman; Eric P. Hoberg

doi:10.1139/AS-2016-0042

The Beringian coevolution project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North

Arctic Science

By: Joseph A. Cook, Kurt E. Galbreath, Mariel Campbell, Susanne Carriere, Jocelyn P. Colella, Natalie G. Dawson, Jonathan L. Dunnum, Ralph P. Eckerlin, Stephen E. Greiman, Vadim B. Fedorov, Genevieve M. S. Haas, Voitto Haukisalmi, Heikki Henttonen, Andrew G. Hope, Donavan Jackson, Tom Jung, Anson V. Koehler, John M. Kinsella, Dianna Krejsa, Susan J. Kutz, Schuyler Liphardt, Stephen O. MacDonald, Jason L. Malaney, Arseny Makarikov, Jon Martin, Bryan S. McLean, Robert Mulders, Batsaikhan Nyamsuren, Sandra L. Talbot, Vasyl V. Tkach, Albina Tsvetkova, Heather M. Toman, Eric C. Waltari, Jackson S. Whitman, and Eric P. Hoberg

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Abstract

The Beringian Coevolution Project (BCP), a field program underway in the high northern latitudes since 1999, has focused on building key scientific infrastructure for integrated specimen-based studies on mammals and their associated parasites. BCP has contributed new insights across temporal and spatial scales into how ancient climate and environmental change have shaped faunas, emphasizing processes of assembly, persistence, and diversification across the vast Beringian region. BCP collections also represent baseline records of biotic diversity from across the northern high latitudes at a time of accelerated environmental change. These specimens and associated data form an unmatched resource for identifying hidden diversity, interpreting past responses to climate oscillations, documenting contemporary conditions, and anticipating outcomes for complex biological systems in a regime of ecological perturbation. Because of its dual focus on hosts and parasites, the BCP record also provides a foundation for comparative analyses that can document the effects of dynamic change on the geographic distribution, transmission dynamics, and emergence of pathogens. By using specific examples from carnivores, shrews, lagomorphs, rodents and their associated parasites, we demonstrate how broad, integrated field collections provide permanent infrastructure that informs policy decisions regarding human impact and the effect of climate change on natural populations.

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Cook, J.A., Galbreath, K.E., Campbell, M., Carriere, S., Colella, J.P., Dawson, N.G., Dunnum, J.L., Eckerlin, R.P., Greiman, S.E., Fedorov, V.B., Haas, G.M., Haukisalmi, V., Henttonen, H., Hope, A.G., Jackson, D., Jung, T., Koehler, A.V., Kinsella, J.M., Krejsa, D., Kutz, S.J., Liphardt, S., MacDonald, S.O., Malaney, J.L., Makarikov, A., Martin, J., McLean, B.S., Mulders, R., Nyamsuren, B., Talbot, S.L., Tkach, V.V., Tsvetkova, A., Toman, H.M., Waltari, E.C., Whitman, J.S., Hoberg, E.P., 2017, The Beringian coevolution project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North: Arctic Science, v. 3, no. 3, p. 585-617, https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2016-0042.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	The Beringian coevolution project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North
Series title	Arctic Science
DOI	10.1139/AS-2016-0042
Volume	3
Issue	3
Year Published	2017
Language	English
Publisher	NRC Research Press
Contributing office(s)	Alaska Science Center Biology WTEB
Description	33 p.
First page	585
Last page	617