Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis
- Autores
- Ballejo, Fernando; Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin; Trejo, Ana Raquel; De Santis, Luciano J. M.
- Año de publicación
- 2017
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- inglés
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- Animals that share resources tend to use different foraging strategies in order to decrease potential competition. Scavenging birds using the same nutritional resources can segregate into different space and time scales. However, it has been suggested that when the species do not co-evolve to achieve such segregation competition may result. Our aim was to study the trophic niche overlap between three species of obligate scavengers, the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus, Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura and American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus, which are the main avian consumers of carcasses in north-western Patagonia. Black Vultures arrived in the area relatively recently, have expanded their distribution following human activities, and have been suggested to compete with the threatened condor. We collected pellets in communal roosts of the three species to determine their diet, and to estimate the diversity (Shannon Index) and diet similarity (Pianka overlap index). We found that the Turkey Vulture has greater niche breadth and, apart from domestic livestock, it incorporates smaller items such as fish, reptiles and a great number of birds, carnivores and mice. Although the Black Vulture diet includes arthropods, they feed primarily on introduced ungulates, overlapping more with condor diet when roosting far from urban centres. As these latter two species share the same food resource, human activities that positively affect the abundance of the Black Vulture could increase competition among them, with possible implications for the conservation of the Andean Condor.
Fil: Ballejo, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Trejo, Ana Raquel. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: De Santis, Luciano J. M.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina - Materia
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Scavengers
Diet
Niche Overlap
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesisBallejo, FernandoLambertucci, Sergio AgustinTrejo, Ana RaquelDe Santis, Luciano J. M.ScavengersDietNiche OverlapPatagoniahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Animals that share resources tend to use different foraging strategies in order to decrease potential competition. Scavenging birds using the same nutritional resources can segregate into different space and time scales. However, it has been suggested that when the species do not co-evolve to achieve such segregation competition may result. Our aim was to study the trophic niche overlap between three species of obligate scavengers, the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus, Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura and American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus, which are the main avian consumers of carcasses in north-western Patagonia. Black Vultures arrived in the area relatively recently, have expanded their distribution following human activities, and have been suggested to compete with the threatened condor. We collected pellets in communal roosts of the three species to determine their diet, and to estimate the diversity (Shannon Index) and diet similarity (Pianka overlap index). We found that the Turkey Vulture has greater niche breadth and, apart from domestic livestock, it incorporates smaller items such as fish, reptiles and a great number of birds, carnivores and mice. Although the Black Vulture diet includes arthropods, they feed primarily on introduced ungulates, overlapping more with condor diet when roosting far from urban centres. As these latter two species share the same food resource, human activities that positively affect the abundance of the Black Vulture could increase competition among them, with possible implications for the conservation of the Andean Condor.Fil: Ballejo, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Trejo, Ana Raquel. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: De Santis, Luciano J. M.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaCambridge University Press2017-11-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/64391Ballejo, Fernando; Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin; Trejo, Ana Raquel; De Santis, Luciano J. M.; Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis; Cambridge University Press; Bird Conservation International; 28; 3; 16-11-2017; 390-4020959-2709CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0959270917000211/type/journal_articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S0959270917000211info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:47:50Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/64391instacron: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:34982025-09-03 09:47:51.159CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis Ballejo, Fernando Scavengers Diet Niche Overlap Patagonia |
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
title_full |
Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
title_fullStr |
Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
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Trophic niche overlap among scavengers in Patagonia supports the condor-vulture competition hypothesis |
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Ballejo, Fernando Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin Trejo, Ana Raquel De Santis, Luciano J. M. |
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Ballejo, Fernando |
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Ballejo, Fernando Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin Trejo, Ana Raquel De Santis, Luciano J. M. |
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Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin Trejo, Ana Raquel De Santis, Luciano J. M. |
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Scavengers Diet Niche Overlap Patagonia |
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Scavengers Diet Niche Overlap Patagonia |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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Animals that share resources tend to use different foraging strategies in order to decrease potential competition. Scavenging birds using the same nutritional resources can segregate into different space and time scales. However, it has been suggested that when the species do not co-evolve to achieve such segregation competition may result. Our aim was to study the trophic niche overlap between three species of obligate scavengers, the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus, Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura and American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus, which are the main avian consumers of carcasses in north-western Patagonia. Black Vultures arrived in the area relatively recently, have expanded their distribution following human activities, and have been suggested to compete with the threatened condor. We collected pellets in communal roosts of the three species to determine their diet, and to estimate the diversity (Shannon Index) and diet similarity (Pianka overlap index). We found that the Turkey Vulture has greater niche breadth and, apart from domestic livestock, it incorporates smaller items such as fish, reptiles and a great number of birds, carnivores and mice. Although the Black Vulture diet includes arthropods, they feed primarily on introduced ungulates, overlapping more with condor diet when roosting far from urban centres. As these latter two species share the same food resource, human activities that positively affect the abundance of the Black Vulture could increase competition among them, with possible implications for the conservation of the Andean Condor. Fil: Ballejo, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Trejo, Ana Raquel. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina Fil: De Santis, Luciano J. M.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina |
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Animals that share resources tend to use different foraging strategies in order to decrease potential competition. Scavenging birds using the same nutritional resources can segregate into different space and time scales. However, it has been suggested that when the species do not co-evolve to achieve such segregation competition may result. Our aim was to study the trophic niche overlap between three species of obligate scavengers, the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus, Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura and American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus, which are the main avian consumers of carcasses in north-western Patagonia. Black Vultures arrived in the area relatively recently, have expanded their distribution following human activities, and have been suggested to compete with the threatened condor. We collected pellets in communal roosts of the three species to determine their diet, and to estimate the diversity (Shannon Index) and diet similarity (Pianka overlap index). We found that the Turkey Vulture has greater niche breadth and, apart from domestic livestock, it incorporates smaller items such as fish, reptiles and a great number of birds, carnivores and mice. Although the Black Vulture diet includes arthropods, they feed primarily on introduced ungulates, overlapping more with condor diet when roosting far from urban centres. As these latter two species share the same food resource, human activities that positively affect the abundance of the Black Vulture could increase competition among them, with possible implications for the conservation of the Andean Condor. |
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