Nesting habitat selection and distribution of an avian top predator in the Canadian Arctic
Detecting and planning for ecosystem changes from climate and land-use alteration is limited by uncertainty about the current distribution of many species. This is exacerbated in remote areas like the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are the strongest and where industrial exploration and...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/as-2017-0048 2023-12-17T10:22:57+01:00 Nesting habitat selection and distribution of an avian top predator in the Canadian Arctic Peck, Kristen Franke, Alastair Lecomte, Nicolas Bêty, Joël 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0048 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2017-0048 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2017-0048 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Arctic Science volume 4, issue 4, page 499-512 ISSN 2368-7460 2368-7460 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 2018 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0048 2023-11-19T13:39:06Z Detecting and planning for ecosystem changes from climate and land-use alteration is limited by uncertainty about the current distribution of many species. This is exacerbated in remote areas like the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are the strongest and where industrial exploration and development are expanding. Using remotely-sensed environmental information and known nest sites, we estimated the breeding distribution and habitat selection of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) throughout most of Nunavut, a massive northern Canadian territory (>1.8 M km 2 ) encompassing ∼15% of the world’s tundra biome. Our results show that peregrine falcons selected features of prior known importance such as rugged topography, but also sites with higher than average summer temperatures, more productive land classes, lower mean elevations, and lower mean summer precipitation. Our model identifies several areas of high relative probability of peregrine occurrence, some of which were unrecognized to date. Some of these areas may be targets for future industrial developments and are located in an area where some of the fastest climate changes are expected. Our model will allow managers to identify the areas that could be the most critical for monitoring in the context of future development and climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Falco peregrinus Nunavut peregrine falcon Tundra Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Arctic Nunavut Arctic Science 4 4 499 512 |
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Detecting and planning for ecosystem changes from climate and land-use alteration is limited by uncertainty about the current distribution of many species. This is exacerbated in remote areas like the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are the strongest and where industrial exploration and development are expanding. Using remotely-sensed environmental information and known nest sites, we estimated the breeding distribution and habitat selection of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) throughout most of Nunavut, a massive northern Canadian territory (>1.8 M km 2 ) encompassing ∼15% of the world’s tundra biome. Our results show that peregrine falcons selected features of prior known importance such as rugged topography, but also sites with higher than average summer temperatures, more productive land classes, lower mean elevations, and lower mean summer precipitation. Our model identifies several areas of high relative probability of peregrine occurrence, some of which were unrecognized to date. Some of these areas may be targets for future industrial developments and are located in an area where some of the fastest climate changes are expected. Our model will allow managers to identify the areas that could be the most critical for monitoring in the context of future development and climate change. |
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Nesting habitat selection and distribution of an avian top predator in the Canadian Arctic |
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Nesting habitat selection and distribution of an avian top predator in the Canadian Arctic |
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Nesting habitat selection and distribution of an avian top predator in the Canadian Arctic |
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