18 ENDANGERED SPECIES BULLETIN JANUARY/APRIL 2000 VOLUME XXV NO. 1-2 Monitoring Contaminants in Alaskan Peregrines
falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius and F. p. anatum, respectively) were listed as endangered in 1970. At the time, some local populations of American peregrine falcons in the eastern United States had disappeared, and populations in western and northern North America had been reduced by 80 percent o...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.503.1471 2023-05-15T15:08:24+02:00 18 ENDANGERED SPECIES BULLETIN JANUARY/APRIL 2000 VOLUME XXV NO. 1-2 Monitoring Contaminants in Alaskan Peregrines Skip Ambrose The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.503.1471 http://www.fws.gov/endangered/bulletin/2000/01-04/18-19.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.503.1471 http://www.fws.gov/endangered/bulletin/2000/01-04/18-19.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/bulletin/2000/01-04/18-19.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:14:07Z falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius and F. p. anatum, respectively) were listed as endangered in 1970. At the time, some local populations of American peregrine falcons in the eastern United States had disappeared, and populations in western and northern North America had been reduced by 80 percent or more. Organochlorine pesticides such as DDT and its breakdown product DDE were identified as the main cause of the decline. The peregrines accumulated these chemicals in their tissues by feeding on birds that had eaten DDT-contaminated insects or seeds. These chemicals prevented normal calcium deposition during eggshell formation, and caused females to lay thin-shelled eggs that often broke before hatching. The use of DDT was restricted in the United States and Canada in the early 1970’s, and populations of peregrine falcons in North America began to recover by the late 1970’s. After Arctic and American peregrine falcons were listed, the Fish and Wildlife Service prepared recovery plans for four different geographic areas. For Alaska populations, the recovery plan identified specific “index ” areas (areas representative of interior and northern Alaska) to survey and specific recovery criteria for reclassification. These criteria included the number of pairs occupying territories, number of young produced, reductions in DDE residue in eggs, and minimum eggshell thickness. In the early 1980’s, biologists in the Text Arctic Falco peregrinus Alaska Unknown Arctic Canada |
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falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius and F. p. anatum, respectively) were listed as endangered in 1970. At the time, some local populations of American peregrine falcons in the eastern United States had disappeared, and populations in western and northern North America had been reduced by 80 percent or more. Organochlorine pesticides such as DDT and its breakdown product DDE were identified as the main cause of the decline. The peregrines accumulated these chemicals in their tissues by feeding on birds that had eaten DDT-contaminated insects or seeds. These chemicals prevented normal calcium deposition during eggshell formation, and caused females to lay thin-shelled eggs that often broke before hatching. The use of DDT was restricted in the United States and Canada in the early 1970’s, and populations of peregrine falcons in North America began to recover by the late 1970’s. After Arctic and American peregrine falcons were listed, the Fish and Wildlife Service prepared recovery plans for four different geographic areas. For Alaska populations, the recovery plan identified specific “index ” areas (areas representative of interior and northern Alaska) to survey and specific recovery criteria for reclassification. These criteria included the number of pairs occupying territories, number of young produced, reductions in DDE residue in eggs, and minimum eggshell thickness. In the early 1980’s, biologists in the |
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