Figure 1.

Sampling design for monitoring small rodent and vegetation in three watershed areas (IF = Ifjordfjellet, VJ = Vestre Jakobselv, KO = Komagdalen) in low‐arctic tundra of northeastern Norway. In each watershed area, replicate 15 × 15 m sampling quadrats (white squares; middle inset) are located in heath and meadow habitat. In each sampling quadrat, we annually estimated plant biomass (small squares within large square; right inset) according to Bråthen and Hagberg (2004) and recorded small rodent abundance with traps in the corners according to Myllymäki et al. (1971)