At high latitudes, the thermal protection of snowpack is important for many small-bodied mammal species during the winter. As depth and persistence of snow changes due to climate change, species that rely on snowpack’s insulation must increasingly depend on alternative thermal refuges. For the American marten ( Martes americana ), winter rest sites are predominantly in ground microsites. In some regions, however, martens prima...

Kenngoor ( Phascogale calura ) persist in < 1% of their original distribution, occupying highly fragmented remnant habitat in south-west Western Australia, with very little known of the genetic diversity of the remaining wild populations. Recently, the species has been translocated to managed reserves to improve its conservation. Understanding genetic structure and patterns of genetic diversity is crucial to inform conservatio...

Fire is a primary disturbance in boreal forests and generates both positive and negative climate forcings. The influence of fire on surface albedo is a predominantly negative forcing in boreal forests, and one of the strongest overall, due to increased snow exposure in the winter and spring months. Albedo forcings are spatially and temporally heterogeneous and depend on a variety of factors related to soils, topography, climat...