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Author(s): Evgeniĭ Potapov, Richard Sale
ISBN(s): 9780713665635, 0713665637
Edition: Kindle
File Details: PDF, 4.80 MB
Year: 2005
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  0300107784 

ISBN 13:  9780300107784

Author: Evgeniĭ Potapov, Richard Sale 

This book is the definitive guide to the largest and most charismatic species of falcon in the world, the Gyrfalcon. With detailed information on life history characteristics, ecology, conservation issues, and much more, the book presents the most accurate, up-to-date, and complete view of this spectacular bird ever published.Drawing on extensive research and travel to every country within the range of the Gyrfalcon, Eugene Potapov and Richard Sale delineate a new map of the bird’s range, conclude that the Gyrfalcon is more adaptable than previously thought, and restore the traditional Linnean scientific name of the species, “Falco gyrfalco. “The authors also reveal that Gyrfalcons, for much of their lives, are true stenophagous raptors, a rarity not only among raptors but among all birds.Elegantly illustrated with many photographs and line drawings, this is an essential volume for ornithologists, ecologists, wildlife rehabilitators, falconers, and all others fascinated by birds of prey., This book is the definitive guide to the largest and most charismatic species of falcon in the world, the Gyrfalcon. With detailed information on life history characteristics, ecology, conservation issues, and much more, the book presents the most accurate, up-to-date, and complete view of this spectacular bird ever published. Drawing on extensive research and travel to every country within the range of the Gyrfalcon, Eugene Potapov and Richard Sale delineate a new map of the bird’s range, conclude that the Gyrfalcon is more adaptable than previously thought, and restore the traditional Linnean scientific name of the species, Falco gyrfalco. The authors also reveal that Gyrfalcons, for much of their lives, are true stenophagous raptors, a rarity not only among raptors but among all birds. Elegantly illustrated with many photographs and line drawings, this is an essential volume for ornithologists, ecologists, wildlife rehabilitators, falconers, and all others fascinated by birds of prey., This book is the definitive guide to the largest and most charismatic species of falcon in the world, the Gyrfalcon. With detailed information on life history characteristics, ecology, conservation issues, and much more, the book presents the most accurate, up-to-date, and complete view of this spectacular bird ever published. Drawing on extensive research and travel to every country within the range of the Gyrfalcon, Eugene Potapov and Richard Sale delineate a new map of the bird’s range, conclude that the Gyrfalcon is more adaptable than previously thought, and restore the traditional Linnean scientific name of the species, “Falco gyrfalco. “The authors also reveal that Gyrfalcons, for much of their lives, are true stenophagous raptors, a rarity not only among raptors but among all birds. Elegantly illustrated with many photographs and line drawings, this is an essential volume for ornithologists, ecologists, wildlife rehabilitators, falconers, and all others fascinated by birds of prey.
 

Table of contents: 

1 PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY AND SYSTEMATICS

The palaeobiogeography of the Gyrfalcon The systematic position of Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon statistics

2 IDENTIFICATION AND COLOURS

The identification of Gyrfalcons

Colours

Colour patterns

3 DISTRIBUTION

Iceland

Scandinavia

Russia

Alaska (USA)

Canada

Greenland

Stability of the range

4 POPULATION

Total numbers in different countries and regions Fluctuations in numbers

5 HABITAT AND LANDSCAPE PREFERENCES

Habitat preferences

Nest building

Nesting habitat and nest descriptions

Nest site fidelity

Territory use

Breeding density and inter-nest distances

6 FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS

Diet

Food processing

Diet: European studies

Diet: Asian studies

Diet: North American studies

Unusual prey and evidence of selective pressure

Species diversity

Hunting behaviour

Reactions of the quarry

Food caches

Food consumption

7 BREEDING CYCLE

Pre-laying

Courtship behaviour

Laying and hatching dates and duration of incubation

Egg size

Clutch size, brood size and breeding rate

Sex ratio and development

Behaviour of the parents

Post-fledging life

Survival of adults

8 DISPERSAL, SEASONAL MOVEMENTS AND WINTER DISTRIBUTION

Ringing Data

Winter sightings and wintering range

Results of satellite telemetry

Open-sea observations

9 COMPETITORS, COMMENSALS AND CONSPECIFICS

Nest builders

The Raven a very special neighbour

Relationships with Eagles

Relationships with Rough-legged Buzzards

Relationships with Peregrine Falcons

Relationships with Accipiters

Relationships with small falcons

Relationships with other species

Commensalisms

Reaction to conspecifics

10 MAN AND FALCONS

Cults of birds of prey

Falconry

11 THREATS AND CONSERVATION

Natural Enemies

Parasites

Chemical Pollution

Persecution as vermin

Gyrfalcons as food or bait

Human disturbance

The effect of Arctic Fox trapping

The effect of Arctic whaling

Genetic pollution

Egg and museum collections

The trapping of falcons: past and present

The future

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