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A Picky Predator and Its Prey: How Snow Conditions and Ptarmigan Abundance Impact Gyrfalcon Feeding Behaviour and Breeding Success [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Species interactions can be altered by climate change but can also mediate its effects. The gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) and the ptarmigan (Lagopus spp.) form a predator–prey couple that reflects the dynamics of boreal, tundra, and alpine ecosystems.
Annabel Josien Slettenhaar   +5 more
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First pre-modern record of the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in north-east Greenland [PDF]

open access: yesPolar Research, 2019
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) is the largest falcon in the world. It inhabits a wide range of climate zones in the Northern Hemisphere, from boreal forests in the south of its range to the arid polar deserts of the High Arctic.
Gina E. Moseley   +7 more
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Gyrfalcon Prey Abundance and Their Habitat Associations in a Changing Arctic [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Arctic habitats are changing rapidly and altering trophic webs and ecosystem functioning. Understanding how species' abundances and distributions differ among Arctic habitats is important in predicting future species shifts and trophic‐web consequences ...
Michaela Gustafson   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Genetic Passport System for Captive Falcons – Saker, Gyrfalcon and Peregrine Falcon Conservation Prospects in Russia. [PDF]

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023
DNA analysis is a “gold standard” for individual identification and parentage studies as for humans, so for animals (Saks et al., 1991). First forensic testing of the rare animal species DNA occurred in 1991 in Great Britain, when the case of illegal ...
Ludmila S. Zinevich   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Serum protein electrophoresis reference values in the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Clinical Pathology, 2017
Blood samples were collected as part of routine clinical examination procedures from 120 clinically normal gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) during a 4-year period between the months of September and February. Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) was carried out to establish reference values for the species and to characterize species-specific ...
Wernick, Morena Bernadette   +4 more
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Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

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Falco rusticolus [spec. nov.] F. cera palpebris pedibusque luteis, corpore cinereo alboque undulato, collari albo. Habitat in Svecia.
Linnaeus, Carolus
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Contraband of Falcons [PDF]

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2020
In December 2018, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court convicted seven members of a criminal group under Part 3, Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for illegal hunting and trafficking of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus).
Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
doaj   +1 more source

Contraband of Falcons

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2016
According to the criminal proceeding in smuggling of falcons, former employees of the Line Internal Affairs Department in MIA transport, working in Domodedovo airport, were sentenced to large fines  - A. Kurokhtin, D. Gorodenko and A.
Elvira G. Nikolenko, Igor V. Karyakin
doaj   +1 more source

A long-term conservation initiative: artificial nests for Falco rusticolus (Falconidae) in Southern Yamal, North-West Siberia

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
Falco rusticolus (hereinafter – gyrfalcon) is a threatened species affected by climate change and increasing human activity in the Arctic. The availability of suitable nesting sites is a critical factor for its successful breeding.
Svetlana A. Mechnikova   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Resident and Migratory Falcons' Breeding Phenology and Productivity Respond Differently to Weather and Climate Change Across the Arctic. [PDF]

open access: yesGlob Chang Biol
Climate change is altering breeding phenology and productivity of peregrine falcons and gyrfalcons across the circumpolar Arctic. Long‐term monitoring shows that responses vary among study areas and Arctic regions, with some populations advancing hatch dates while others show weaker or contrasting trends, highlighting spatially variable effects of ...
Gulotta NA   +27 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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