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Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World – Conference Proceedings
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Richard T. Watson, Tom J. Cade, Mark Fuller, Grainger Hunt, and Eugene Potapov
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Preface and Pre-pages
- Preface
Watson, R. T., and G. Hunt.
Summary
- Conference Summary
Newton, I.
Overview of Gyrfalcons, ptarmigan, and the Arctic
- Polar Bears and Climate Change: Certainties, Uncertainties, and Hope in a Warming World.
Amstrup, S. C. - The Role of the Gyrfalcon in Arabian Falconry.
Al Bowardi, M. - On Being a Bird in the Arctic.
Hunt, G. - Biological Traits of the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in Relation to Climate Change.
Cade, T. J. - Ptarmigan in North America: Influence of Life History and Environmental Conditions on Population Persistence.
Martin, K., and S. Wilson. - Gyrfalcon Diet: Spatial and Temporal Variation.
Potapov, E. - Comparison of Gyrfalcon Distributions Between the Palearctic and Nearctic.
Pokrovsky, I., and N. Lecomte. - Population Differentiation and Adaptive Selection on Plumage Color Distributions in Gyrfalcons.
Johnson, J. A. and K. K. Burnham. - Impacts of Climate Change and Development on Shorebirds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Kendall, S., D. Payer, S. Brown, and R. Churchwell. - Sources of Global Climate Data and Visualization Portals.
Douglas, D. - The Utility of Bioclimatic Models for Projecting Future Changes in the Distribution of Birds in Response to Climate Change.
Huntley, B., and R. E. Green. - Black Guillemots in a Melting Arctic: Responding to Shifts in Prey, Competitors and Predators.
Divoky, G. - Will Collared Lemmings and their Predators be the First Vertebrates to “Fall Over the Cliff” in Greenland Due to Global Climate Changes?
Gilg, O., B. Sittler, and I. Hanski. - Chemical Contaminants in the Arctic Environment – Are they a Concern for Wildlife?
Braune, B.M. - Arctic Seabirds: Diversity, Populations, Trends, and Causes.
Gaston, A. J.
Gyrfalcons and ptarmigan in North America
- Potential for Climate Change to Increase Contaminants Exposure and Effects in Gyrfalcons.
Matz, A., T. Swem, P. Johnson, T. Booms, and C. White. - Linking Alaska’s Predicted Climate, Gyrfalcon, and Ptarmigan Distributions in Space and Time: A Unique 200-Year Perspective.
Booms, T., M. Lindgren, and F. Huettmann. - The Ecology of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.
McCaffery, B. J., T. L. Booms, T. C. J. Doolittle, F. Broerman, J. R. Morgart, and K. M. Sowl. - Snow-mediated Ptarmigan Browsing and Shrub Expansion in Arctic Alaska.
Tape, K., R. Lord, H. P. Marshall, and R. W. Ruess. - Ptarmigan as Engineers of Change in Arctic Ecosystems.
Christie, K. S., M. S. Lindberg, R. W. Ruess, C. Mulder, and J. A. Schmutz. - Observations of Gyrfalcons along the Colville River, Alaska, 1981-2005.
Swem, T., and A. Matz. - Move, Adapt, or Die: Lagopus Leucura Changes in Distribution, Habitat and Number at Glacier National Park, Montana.
Benson, D., and M. Cummins. - Status of Populations of the White-tailed Ptarmigan at the Southern Edge of its Range.
Wolfe, D. H., L. C. Larsson, J. R. Oldenettel, H. A. Walker, and M. A. Patten. - Detection Probability of Gyrfalcons and other Cliff-nesting Raptors During Aerial Surveys in Alaska.
Booms, T. L, P. F. Schempf, B. J. McCaffery, M. S. Lindberg, and M. R. Fuller. - Use of Large-scale, Multi-species Surveys to Monitor Gyrfalcon and Ptarmigan Populations.
Bart, J., M. Fuller, P. Smith, and L. Dunn. - The Impact of Population Density on Body Condition of Newfoundland Adult Willow Ptarmigan.
Callahan, T. C., J. M. McGrath, G. Leonard, and A. Murley. - Developing Gyrfalcon Surveys and Monitoring for Alaska.
Fuller, M. R., P. F. Schempf, and T. L. Booms. - Movements of Juvenile Gyrfalcons from Western and Interior Alaska Following Departure from their Natal Areas.
McIntyre, C.L., D.C. Douglas, and L.G. Adams. - Gyrfalcon Nest Site Fidelity, Breeding Dispersal, and Natal Dispersal in Alaska Using Non-invasive Genetic Sampling.
Booms, T. L., S. L. Talbot, G. K. Sage, B. J. McCaffery, K. G. McCracken, and P. F. Schempf. - Abundance and Multi-Year Occupancy of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
Bente, P. J. - The Overwhelming Influence of Ptarmigan Abundance on Gyrfalcon Reproductive Success in the Central Yukon, Canada.
Barichello, N., and D. Mossop. - Long-term Studies of Willow Ptarmigan and Gyrfalcon in the Yukon Territory: A Collapsing 10-Year Cycle and Its Apparent Effect on the Top Predator.
Mossop, D. H. - Effect of Weather and Predators on Nest and Adult Survival of Rock Ptarmigan in Arctic Canada.
Wilson, S., and K. Martin. - Gyrfalcon Courtship – a Mechanism to Adjust Reproductive Effort to the Availability of Ptarmigan.
Barichello, N. - Seasonal Changes in Diet of Gyrfalcons Nesting at Ellesmere Island and other High Arctic Locations.
Cade, T. J., and D. M. Bird.
Gyrfalcons and ptarmigan in Greenland and Iceland
- Ecology and Biology of Gyrfalcons in Greenland.
Burnham, K. K., and W. A. Burnham. - Gyrfalcon Population and Reproduction in Relation to Rock Ptarmigan Numbers in Iceland.
Nielsen, Ó. K. - Seasonal Movements of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) Include Extensive Periods at Sea.
Burnham, K. K., and I. Newton. - Harvest and Population Change of Rock Ptarmigan in Iceland.
Nielsen, Ó. K. - Surveys for Gyrfalcons in the Scoresbysund Region of Northeast Greenland in 1999.
Cade, T. J., and Ó. K. Nielsen. - Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) Post-glacial Colonization and Extreme Long-term Use of Nest Sites in Greenland.
Burnham, K. K., W. A. Burnham, and I. Newton. - Parasite Diversity of Rock Ptarmigan in Iceland.
Stenkewitz, U., K. Skírnisson, and Ó. K. Nielsen.
Gyrfalcons and ptarmigan in Scandinavia
- Conservation Biology of the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in Northern Fennoscandia.
Koskimies, P. - The Importance of Willow Thickets for Willow Ptarmigan in Shrub Tundra: The More the Better?
Ehrich, D. J.-A. Henden, R. A. Ims, L. O. Doronina, S. T. Killengren, N. Lecomte, I. G. Pokrovsky, G. Skogstad, A. A. Sokolov, V. A. Sokolov, N. G. Yoccoz. - Ecology of the Gyrfalcon in Finnmark Based on Data from Two 11-Year Periods 150 Years Apart.
Johansen, K., and A. Østlyngen. - The Dispersal of Satellite-tagged Juvenile Gyrfalcons from an Area of Wind-farm Development in the Swedish Mountains.
Nygård, T., U. Falkdalen, and H. Engström. - Relations Between Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) Density and Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) Breeding Performance in Sweden.
Falkdalen, U., M. Hörnell-Willebrand, T. Nygård, T. Bergström, G. Lind, A. Nordin, and B. Warensjö. - Diet of the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in Northern Fennoscandia.
Koskimies, P., and S. Sulkava.
Gyrfalcons and ptarmigan in Russia
- Gyrfalcons in Russia: Current Status and Conservation Problems.
Potapov, E. - Summer Flocks of the Willow Ptarmigan in the North of the Yamal Peninsula.
Tarasov, V. V. - Change in Numbers and Nesting Ecology of the Gyrfalcon in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, from 1981 to 2010.
Mechnikova, S., M. Romanov, and N. Kudryavtsev. - Willow and Rock Ptarmigan Monitoring in Russia: An Historic Overview.
Potapov, R., and E. Potapov. - Ecological Basis for the Distribution and Breeding of Gyrfalcons in the Tundra of European Russia and Preconditions for Spreading to New Grounds.
Morozov, V. V. - Brief Review of Russian-language Literature on the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus).
Shergalin, J. - Population Dynamics of the Willow Ptarmigan in the North of Yamal Peninsula and the Factors Affecting them.
Tarasov, V. V. - Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) in the Tundra of Nenets Autonomous District, Archangelskaya Region.
Mineev, Y. N., and O. Y. Mineev. - Change in Ptarmigan Number in Yakutia.
Isaev, A. P. - Number and Distribution of Gyrfalcons on the West Siberian Plain.
Pokrovskaya, I., and G. Tertitski. - Gyrfalcon Trappers in the Russian Arctic in the 13th – 18th Centuries.
Shergalin, J. - Status of the Kamchatka Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) Population and Factors Affecting It.
Lobkov, E., Yu. Gerasimov, and A. Gorovenko.
Related species
- Nomadism in Large Falcons: Lessons from the Saker Falcon in Mongolia.
Ellis, D. H., I. Kitowski, and T. B. Roundy. - Home Range Size and Distribution in Arctic Peregrine Falcons: Is Productivity Density Dependent?
Franke, A., B. G. Robinson, M. Prostor, V. L’Hérault, A. Anctil, and P. Alogut. - Long-term Trends of Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants, Occupancy and Reproductive Success in Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius) Breeding Near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada.
Franke, A., M. Setterington, G. Court, and D. Birkholz. - Effects of Meteorological Conditions on the Growth and Survival of Young Peregrine Falcons.
Anctil, A., A. Franke, P. Alogut, and J. Bêty. - Climatic Conditions During Outward Migration Affect Apparent Survival of Arctic-nesting Peregrine Falcons.
Franke, A., J.-F. therrien, S. Descamps, and J. Bêty. - Effect of Nesting Habitat on Niche Width and Reproductive Success of Peregrine Falcons Nesting Near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
L’Hérault, V., A. Franke, and J. Bêty.
Monitoring and conservation strategies
- Bioclimatic Models of the Distributions of Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan.
Huntley, B., and R. E. Green. - Protocols for Successful Translocation of Ptarmigan.
Braun, C. E., W. P. Taylor, S. E. Ebbert, R. S. A. Kaler, and B. K. Sandercock. - Artificial Nests – a Remedial Action in Maintaining Viable Gyrfalcon Populations?
Østlyngen, A., K. Johansen, and P. A. Halvorsen. - Developing a Sustainable Harvest of Saker Falcons (Falco cherrug) for Falconry in Mongolia.
Dixon, A., N. Batbayar, G. Purev-Ochir, and N. Fox. - The Potential for Long-term Monitoring and Research of Gyrfalcon and Peregrine Falcon Breeding Populations Using Undergraduate Students: An Apparent Inexhaustible Source of Funding
Rosenfield, R. N., T. L. Booms, K. K. Burnham, B. J. McCaffery, and R. J. Goodwin. - Conservation Strategies in a Changing World.
Bachelet, D.
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