A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius
Udgivelsesdato: 2006-02-15 Thickness of eggshell fragments and whole eggs from the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus collected in South and West Greenland between 1972 and 2003 was measured and compared to shell thickness of pre-DDT eggs, also collected in Greenland. Linear regression yields a signi...
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fturoskildefispu:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/95e9ee70-a2d9-11da-b8df-000ea68e967b 2023-05-15T15:03:03+02:00 A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius Falk, Knud Møller, Søren Matox, William G. 2006 https://forskning.ruc.dk/da/publications/95e9ee70-a2d9-11da-b8df-000ea68e967b https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024 https://hdl.handle.net/1800/95e9ee70-a2d9-11da-b8df-000ea68e967b eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Falk , K , Møller , S & Matox , W G 2006 , ' A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius ' , Science of the Total Environment , vol. 355 , no. 1-3 , pp. 127 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Eggshell thickness Greenland Arctic article 2006 fturoskildefispu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024 2022-12-11T06:52:52Z Udgivelsesdato: 2006-02-15 Thickness of eggshell fragments and whole eggs from the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus collected in South and West Greenland between 1972 and 2003 was measured and compared to shell thickness of pre-DDT eggs, also collected in Greenland. Linear regression yields a significant increase in the average thickness of eggshells over the period of 0.19% per year, corresponding to a change in eggshell thinning from 13.9% in 1972 to 7.8% in 2003. Backwards extrapolation of the data, suggests that the Greenlandic Peregrine population probably was never critically affected by DDT-induced eggshell thinning. By sampling eggshell fragments in many nests the spatial and temporal sample distribution was enlarged, allowing the detection of a significant long-term decrease in pollutant-induced eggshell thinning—a trend that could not have been identified if only the rarer whole, addled eggs had been sampled. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Falco peregrinus Greenland greenlandic peregrine falcon Roskilde University Research Portal (RUC) Arctic Greenland Science of The Total Environment 355 1-3 127 134 |
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Udgivelsesdato: 2006-02-15 Thickness of eggshell fragments and whole eggs from the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus collected in South and West Greenland between 1972 and 2003 was measured and compared to shell thickness of pre-DDT eggs, also collected in Greenland. Linear regression yields a significant increase in the average thickness of eggshells over the period of 0.19% per year, corresponding to a change in eggshell thinning from 13.9% in 1972 to 7.8% in 2003. Backwards extrapolation of the data, suggests that the Greenlandic Peregrine population probably was never critically affected by DDT-induced eggshell thinning. By sampling eggshell fragments in many nests the spatial and temporal sample distribution was enlarged, allowing the detection of a significant long-term decrease in pollutant-induced eggshell thinning—a trend that could not have been identified if only the rarer whole, addled eggs had been sampled. |
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A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius |
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A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius |
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A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius |
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A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius |
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A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius |
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Falk , K , Møller , S & Matox , W G 2006 , ' A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius ' , Science of the Total Environment , vol. 355 , no. 1-3 , pp. 127 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024 |
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