Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach

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García, Germán Oscar; Favero, Marco; Vassallo, Aldo Iván
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2012
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Kleptoparasitism is a well known foraging strategy used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study compares the strategies performed by a facultative kleptoparasite species, the Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis), associated with two hosts with different foraging strategies, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) and Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata). In total, 97% of the prey items stolen from Oystercatchers were the clam Tagelus plebeius, and all prey items stolen from Coots were the crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus. The attack rate by Gulls (number of kleptoparasitic attacks per unit time) did not differ significantly between Oystercatchers and Coots, but the success rate of attacks (successful kleptoparasitic attacks as a proportion of total attacks) was greater for attacks on Coots than on Oystercatchers. The mean rate of feeding (number of stolen items ingested per minute) by Brown-hooded Gulls did not differ with host. Gulls strongly selected large prey when stealing food. The comparison of net intake (costbenefit balance) for each kleptoparasitehost system showed that profitability was 3.5 times higher when kelptoparsitising Coots than when stealing from Oystercatchers. We suggest future work should study in more detail the costs and benefits for kleptoparasites with multiple hosts in similar systems elsewhere.
Fil: García, Germán Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Favero, Marco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Vassallo, Aldo Iván. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
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spelling Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approachGarcía, Germán OscarFavero, MarcoVassallo, Aldo IvánFacultative KleptoparasiteForaging Strategyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Kleptoparasitism is a well known foraging strategy used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study compares the strategies performed by a facultative kleptoparasite species, the Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis), associated with two hosts with different foraging strategies, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) and Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata). In total, 97% of the prey items stolen from Oystercatchers were the clam Tagelus plebeius, and all prey items stolen from Coots were the crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus. The attack rate by Gulls (number of kleptoparasitic attacks per unit time) did not differ significantly between Oystercatchers and Coots, but the success rate of attacks (successful kleptoparasitic attacks as a proportion of total attacks) was greater for attacks on Coots than on Oystercatchers. The mean rate of feeding (number of stolen items ingested per minute) by Brown-hooded Gulls did not differ with host. Gulls strongly selected large prey when stealing food. The comparison of net intake (costbenefit balance) for each kleptoparasitehost system showed that profitability was 3.5 times higher when kelptoparsitising Coots than when stealing from Oystercatchers. We suggest future work should study in more detail the costs and benefits for kleptoparasites with multiple hosts in similar systems elsewhere.Fil: García, Germán Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Favero, Marco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Vassallo, Aldo Iván. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaCsiro Publishing2012-12-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/75592García, Germán Oscar; Favero, Marco; Vassallo, Aldo Iván; Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach; Csiro Publishing; Emu; 112; 3; 22-12-2012; 227-2330158-4197CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1071/MU11085info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1071/MU11085info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:50:24Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/75592instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:50:24.827CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
title Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
spellingShingle Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
García, Germán Oscar
Facultative Kleptoparasite
Foraging Strategy
title_short Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
title_full Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
title_fullStr Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
title_full_unstemmed Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
title_sort Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: A comparative approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García, Germán Oscar
Favero, Marco
Vassallo, Aldo Iván
author García, Germán Oscar
author_facet García, Germán Oscar
Favero, Marco
Vassallo, Aldo Iván
author_role author
author2 Favero, Marco
Vassallo, Aldo Iván
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Facultative Kleptoparasite
Foraging Strategy
topic Facultative Kleptoparasite
Foraging Strategy
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Kleptoparasitism is a well known foraging strategy used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study compares the strategies performed by a facultative kleptoparasite species, the Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis), associated with two hosts with different foraging strategies, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) and Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata). In total, 97% of the prey items stolen from Oystercatchers were the clam Tagelus plebeius, and all prey items stolen from Coots were the crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus. The attack rate by Gulls (number of kleptoparasitic attacks per unit time) did not differ significantly between Oystercatchers and Coots, but the success rate of attacks (successful kleptoparasitic attacks as a proportion of total attacks) was greater for attacks on Coots than on Oystercatchers. The mean rate of feeding (number of stolen items ingested per minute) by Brown-hooded Gulls did not differ with host. Gulls strongly selected large prey when stealing food. The comparison of net intake (costbenefit balance) for each kleptoparasitehost system showed that profitability was 3.5 times higher when kelptoparsitising Coots than when stealing from Oystercatchers. We suggest future work should study in more detail the costs and benefits for kleptoparasites with multiple hosts in similar systems elsewhere.
Fil: García, Germán Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Favero, Marco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Vassallo, Aldo Iván. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
description Kleptoparasitism is a well known foraging strategy used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study compares the strategies performed by a facultative kleptoparasite species, the Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis), associated with two hosts with different foraging strategies, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) and Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata). In total, 97% of the prey items stolen from Oystercatchers were the clam Tagelus plebeius, and all prey items stolen from Coots were the crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus. The attack rate by Gulls (number of kleptoparasitic attacks per unit time) did not differ significantly between Oystercatchers and Coots, but the success rate of attacks (successful kleptoparasitic attacks as a proportion of total attacks) was greater for attacks on Coots than on Oystercatchers. The mean rate of feeding (number of stolen items ingested per minute) by Brown-hooded Gulls did not differ with host. Gulls strongly selected large prey when stealing food. The comparison of net intake (costbenefit balance) for each kleptoparasitehost system showed that profitability was 3.5 times higher when kelptoparsitising Coots than when stealing from Oystercatchers. We suggest future work should study in more detail the costs and benefits for kleptoparasites with multiple hosts in similar systems elsewhere.
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