Foraging ecology of the Arctic peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus tundrius)

• Main Author: Robinson, Barry G
• Other Authors: Derocher, Andrew (Biological Sciences), Franke, Alastair (Renewable Resources), Bayne, Erin (Biological Sciences), Court, Gordon (Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Gov of Alberta), Cassady St. Clair, Colleen (Biological Sciences)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alberta. Department of Biological Sciences. 2015
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Igloolik; Nunavut; Cepphus grylle; Climate change; Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.41076

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: Specialist predators with a limited diet may be less adaptable to environmental change than generalists, which consume a diversity of prey. As the climate changes, ecological homogenization is occurring, where generalist species outcompete specialists, reducing...