Gauthier, G., Doyle, F. I., Gilg, O., Menyushina, I. E., Morrison, R. I. G., Ovsyanikov, N., Pokrovsky, I., Reid, D. G., Sokolov, A. and Therrien, J.-F. (2011). Birds of prey. Bachelor's thesis, , .
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Richard, Y. (2012).
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. (2019). A taphonomic investigation of small vertebrate accumulations produced by the snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) and its implications for fossil studies (Vol. 514).
Abstract: The action of predators, such as diurnal raptors, owls, mammals or humans, influence the nature of small vertebrate fossil assemblages but currently their taphonomic features are still poorly understood. In this study, we investigate the taphonomic signature of the snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) based on an analysis of pellets collected at breeding sites located in Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. This taxon is widely distributed through the North Hemisphere and was an important predator in Pleistocene times. Taphonomic parameters suggest that, contrary to previous assumptions, B. scandiacus produces, on average, moderate digestion of incisors, molars and post-cranial elements, and should be classed as a Category 3 or Category 3/4 predator according to the terminology established by Andrews. Significant inter-site variability was observed for some of the damage considered (in particular, digestion on incisors), and a key finding is that variability and the associated statistical confidence intervals are crucial notions that should be taken into account when assessing taphonomical features, in order to reliably identify the potential predator(s) responsible for small vertebrate fossil accumulations.
Keywords: Birds Digestion Lemming Modern owl pellets Paleoenvironmental reconstruction Predation Taphonomy
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Gilg, O. (2015). The Impact of Climate change on the Arctic fauna and flora.
Abstract: Ocean & Science Days, Road to COP21 Paris Climate 2015, Paris, France, 30 November 2015.
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Perroud, L. (2014).
Abstract: Presents the methods and provides the scripts to be used for the standardized analyses of the TinyTag measurments (to assess the fate and breeding stategies of wader nests)
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Wynn, R. B., D. Brown, G. Thomas, C. A. Holt, S. A. Hanssen, B. Moe, and O. Gilg. (2014). Br. Birds, 107, 220–228.
Abstract: In 2013 a record spring passage of Long-tailed Skuas Stercorarius
longicaudus was observed in Scotland, including an unprecedented overland
movement. Tracking data for the species has also hinted at overland migration in
Scotland. Here, the tracking data are reviewed and the spring passage status of
Long-tailed Skuas in the UK assessed, with a particular focus on observed overland
movements, and first-hand accounts of major movements in spring 2013
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Schmidt, N. M., O. Gilg, J. Aars, and R. A. Ims. (2014).
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. (2014). Demographic responses of a site-faithful and territorial predator to its fluctuating prey: long-tailed skuas and arctic lemmings
. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83(2), 375–387.
Keywords: demographic buffering, environmental variance, floaters, population cycles, territoriality,
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Gilg, O. (2014).
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. (2019). A Migratory Divide Among Red-Necked Phalaropes in the Western Palearctic Reveals Contrasting Migration and Wintering Movement Strategies (Vol. 7).
Keywords: Flexibility Itineracy Migration strategy Phalaropus lobatus plasticity Red-necked Phalarope
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