Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations

Alastair Franke; Knud Falk; Kevin Hawkshaw; Skip Ambrose; David L. Anderson; Peter J. Bente; Travis Booms; Kurt K. Burnham; Johan Ekenstedt; Ivan Fufachev; Sergey Ganusevich; Kenneth Johansen; Jeff A. Johnson; Sergey Kharitonov; Pertti Koskimies; Olga Kulikova; Peter Lindberg; Berth-Ove Lindström; William G. Mattox; Carol L. McIntyre; Svetlana Mechnikova; Dave Mossop; Søren Møller; Olafur K. Nielsen; Tuomo Ollila; Arve Østlyngen; Ivan Pokrovsky; Kim Poole; Marco Restani; Bryce W. Robinson; Robert Rosenfield; Aleksandr Sokolov; Vasiliy Sokolov; Ted Swem; Katrin Vorkamp

doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01300-z

Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations

Alastair Franke, Knud Falk, Kevin Hawkshaw, Skip Ambrose, David L. Anderson, Peter J. Bente, Travis Booms, Kurt K. Burnham, Johan Ekenstedt, Ivan Fufachev, Sergey Ganusevich, Kenneth Johansen, Jeff A. Johnson, Sergey Kharitonov, Pertti Koskimies, Olga Kulikova, Peter Lindberg, Berth-Ove Lindström, William G. Mattox, Carol L. McIntyreSvetlana Mechnikova, Dave Mossop, Søren Møller, Olafur K. Nielsen, Tuomo Ollila, Arve Østlyngen, Ivan Pokrovsky, Kim Poole, Marco Restani, Bryce W. Robinson, Robert Rosenfield, Aleksandr Sokolov, Vasiliy Sokolov, Ted Swem, Katrin Vorkamp

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Abstract

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the gyrfalcon (F. rusticolus) are top predators of arctic ecosystems and have been identified as Focal Ecosystem Components (FEC) for the Arctic Council’s pan-Arctic biodiversity monitoring plan. We provide the first overview of contemporary arctic falcon monitoring sites, and present trends for selected FEC attributes estimated using General Additive Models. Monitoring sites (n=24) ranged in size from 100 to 84000 km2, and were uniformly distributed throughout the circumpolar-arctic except for eastern Russia. Fourteen projects spanned more than 30 years, and 21 were active as of 2017. Occupancy and productivity showed variable spatial and temporal trends with signs of declining productivity for peregrines in some areas. Gyrfalcon occupancy and productivity appeared to be stable, and was strongly associated with cyclic populations of their main prey ptarmigan (Lagopus spp.), particularly in areas without alternative prey. Differences in survey design and disparate use of terms precludes direct comparisons of FEC attributes among the entire set of monitoring sites, and emphasize the need for consistent application of standard definitions, as well as consistent data collection methods and reporting. This overview emphasizes the potential for on-going collaboration among research groups focused on monitoring Arctic falcon species.

Original language	English
Journal	Ambio
Volume	49
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	762-783
Number of pages	21
ISSN	0044-7447
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01300-z
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2020

Bibliographical note

Correction to: Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations.
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01314-7

Keywords

climate change
Falco peregrinus
Falco rusticolus
long-term trends
occupancy
productivity
Endangered species

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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10.1007/s13280-019-01300-z

Investigation of the Peregrine Falcon in South Greenland
Møller, S. (Project participant) & Falk, K. (Project participant)
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Project: Research

Arctic falcons population monitoring data
Ambrose, S. (Producer), Andersson, D. L. (Producer), Bente, P. J. (Producer), Booms, T. (Producer), Burnham, K. K. (Producer), Carrière, S. (Producer), Ekenstedt, J. (Producer), Falk, K. (Producer), Franke, A. (Producer), Ganusevich, S. (Producer), Johansen, K. (Producer), Kulikova, O. (Producer), Lindberg, P. (Producer), Lindstrom, B.-O. (Producer), Mechnikova, S. (Producer), Møller, S. (Producer), Mossop, D. (Producer), Nielsen, Ó. K. (Producer), Ollila, T. (Producer), Østlyngen, A. (Producer), Pokrovsky, I. (Producer), Poole, K. (Producer), Restani, M. (Producer), Rosenfield, R. (Producer) & Swem, T. (Producer), Zenodo, 28 Dec 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4384209, https://zenodo.org/record/4384209
Dataset
South Greenland Peregrine Falcon population monitoring data (1981-2018)
Falk, K. (Creator) & Møller, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 28 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1629161, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1629161
Dataset

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Franke, A., Falk, K., Hawkshaw, K., Ambrose, S., Anderson, D. L., Bente, P. J., Booms, T., Burnham, K. K., Ekenstedt, J., Fufachev, I., Ganusevich, S., Johansen, K., Johnson, J. A., Kharitonov, S., Koskimies, P., Kulikova, O., Lindberg, P., Lindström, B.-O., Mattox, W. G., ... Vorkamp, K. (2020). Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations. Ambio, 49(3), 762-783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01300-z

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Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

UN SDGs

Link to document

Projects

Investigation of the Peregrine Falcon in South Greenland

Datasets

Arctic falcons population monitoring data

South Greenland Peregrine Falcon population monitoring data (1981-2018)

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