Datasets from long-running volunteer survey programs, calibrated with data from sporadic intensive monitoring efforts, have allowed ecologists to track the recovery of peregrine falcons in California and evaluate the effectiveness of a predictive model popular in the management of threatened species.
In recovery from the deadly legacy of DDT, American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrines anatum) faced new uncertainty in 1992, when biologists proposed to stop rearing young birds in captivity and placing them in wild nests. Tim Wootton and Doug Bell return to their 1992 models to see how the American peregrine falcons have fared over the last two decades in a new report in the September 2014 issue of Ecological Applications. Read the full story & comment on Ecotone: http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/volunteer-eyes-on-the-skies-track-peregrine-falcon-recovery-in-california/ ESA press release archive: http://www.esa.org/esa/?p=12234 ******** Liza Lester Communications Officer Ecological Society of America Washington, DC (202) 833-8773 ext. 211 Ecotone: news and views on ecological science Tweeting @esa_org
