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

• Main Authors: Moseley, Gina E., Rosvold, Jørgen, Gotfredsen, Anne B., Hajdas, Irka, Gilg, Olivier, Gregersen, Kristian M., Spötl, Christoph, Edwards, R. Lawrence
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic ecology; Climate change; Cave; Arctic Circle; Geochronology; Greenland; Kronprins Christian Land; East Greenland; Falco rusticolus; gyrfalcon; Kronprins Christian land; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/393574; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000393574

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...