Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony
- Autores
- García, Germán; Favero, Marco; Vassallo, Aldo Iván
- Año de publicación
- 2010
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- inglés
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- artículo
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- Kleptoparasitism is defined as the stealing by one animal of food that has been caught by another. It is a well-known foraging tactic used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study describes qualitatively and quantitatively kleptoparasitism of gulls on terns and compares the effect of prey quality (prey type and size) and environmental conditions (tide, wind direction and intensity) triggering such behavior. The rate of kleptoparasitism by Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) was higher on Royal (Thalasseus maximus) than on Cayenne Terns (T. sandvicensis eurygnatha). However, the percentage of successful attacks on both species was similar (∼42%). We used an information-theoretic approach to determine the relative importance of prey quality and environmental conditions in triggering kleptoparasitism. We found that more valuable prey triggered kleptoparasitism whereas the environmental conditions included in the models didn't affect the rate of such behavior significantly. Our study shows the importance of prey quality in triggering kleptoparasitism and how this behavior can remove an important portion of food brought to the tern colony.
Fil: García, Germán. 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 - Materia
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information-theoretic approach
kleptoparasitism
multi-species colony
seabirds - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colonyGarcía, GermánFavero, MarcoVassallo, Aldo Iváninformation-theoretic approachkleptoparasitismmulti-species colonyseabirdshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Kleptoparasitism is defined as the stealing by one animal of food that has been caught by another. It is a well-known foraging tactic used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study describes qualitatively and quantitatively kleptoparasitism of gulls on terns and compares the effect of prey quality (prey type and size) and environmental conditions (tide, wind direction and intensity) triggering such behavior. The rate of kleptoparasitism by Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) was higher on Royal (Thalasseus maximus) than on Cayenne Terns (T. sandvicensis eurygnatha). However, the percentage of successful attacks on both species was similar (∼42%). We used an information-theoretic approach to determine the relative importance of prey quality and environmental conditions in triggering kleptoparasitism. We found that more valuable prey triggered kleptoparasitism whereas the environmental conditions included in the models didn't affect the rate of such behavior significantly. Our study shows the importance of prey quality in triggering kleptoparasitism and how this behavior can remove an important portion of food brought to the tern colony.Fil: García, Germán. 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; ArgentinaCooper Ornithological Society2010-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/100583García, Germán; Favero, Marco; Vassallo, Aldo Iván; Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony; Cooper Ornithological Society; The Condor; 112; 3; 7-2010; 521-5290010-5422CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1525/cond.2010.090117info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/112/3/521/5152562info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:45:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/100583instacron: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 09:45:11.972CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony García, Germán information-theoretic approach kleptoparasitism multi-species colony seabirds |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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Factors affecting Kleptoparasitism by gulls in a multi-species seabird colony |
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García, Germán Favero, Marco Vassallo, Aldo Iván |
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García, Germán |
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García, Germán Favero, Marco Vassallo, Aldo Iván |
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Favero, Marco Vassallo, Aldo Iván |
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information-theoretic approach kleptoparasitism multi-species colony seabirds |
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Kleptoparasitism is defined as the stealing by one animal of food that has been caught by another. It is a well-known foraging tactic used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study describes qualitatively and quantitatively kleptoparasitism of gulls on terns and compares the effect of prey quality (prey type and size) and environmental conditions (tide, wind direction and intensity) triggering such behavior. The rate of kleptoparasitism by Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) was higher on Royal (Thalasseus maximus) than on Cayenne Terns (T. sandvicensis eurygnatha). However, the percentage of successful attacks on both species was similar (∼42%). We used an information-theoretic approach to determine the relative importance of prey quality and environmental conditions in triggering kleptoparasitism. We found that more valuable prey triggered kleptoparasitism whereas the environmental conditions included in the models didn't affect the rate of such behavior significantly. Our study shows the importance of prey quality in triggering kleptoparasitism and how this behavior can remove an important portion of food brought to the tern colony. Fil: García, Germán. 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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Kleptoparasitism is defined as the stealing by one animal of food that has been caught by another. It is a well-known foraging tactic used opportunistically by many seabirds. Our study describes qualitatively and quantitatively kleptoparasitism of gulls on terns and compares the effect of prey quality (prey type and size) and environmental conditions (tide, wind direction and intensity) triggering such behavior. The rate of kleptoparasitism by Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) was higher on Royal (Thalasseus maximus) than on Cayenne Terns (T. sandvicensis eurygnatha). However, the percentage of successful attacks on both species was similar (∼42%). We used an information-theoretic approach to determine the relative importance of prey quality and environmental conditions in triggering kleptoparasitism. We found that more valuable prey triggered kleptoparasitism whereas the environmental conditions included in the models didn't affect the rate of such behavior significantly. Our study shows the importance of prey quality in triggering kleptoparasitism and how this behavior can remove an important portion of food brought to the tern colony. |
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