First pre-modern record of the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in north-east Greenland

First pre-modern record of the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in north-east Greenland

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. In Greenland, because of the harsh, remote environments in which gyrfalco...

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Main Authors: Gina E. Moseley, Jørgen Rosvold, Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Irka Hajdas, Olivier Gilg, Kristian M. Gregersen, Christoph Spötl, R. Lawrence Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019-12-01
Series:Polar Research
Subjects:
arctic
arctic ecology
climate change
cave
arctic circle
geochronology
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3539/9576

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