HUJ MoveEcol Lab Israel_ Foraging search efficiency in white backed & lappet-faced vultures, Namibia (data from Spiegel et al. 2013)

dc.contributor.authorSpiegel, Orr
dc.contributor.authorGetz, Wayne M.
dc.contributor.authorNathan, Ran
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-24T15:30:42Z
dc.date.available2014-09-24T15:30:42Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-24
dc.description.abstractNOTE: A corrected version of this dataset is available. See doi:10.5441/001/1.mf903197 at datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.401. ABSTRACT: The search phase is a critical component of foraging behavior, affecting interspecific competition and community dynamics. Nevertheless, factors determining interspecific variation in search efficiency are still poorly understood. We studied differences in search efficiency between the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus; LFV) and the white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus; WBV) foraging on spatiotemporally unpredictable carcasses in Etosha National Park, Namibia. We used experimental food supply and high-resolution GPS tracking of free-ranging vultures to quantify search efficiency and elucidate the factors underlying the observed interspecific differences using a biased correlated random walk simulation model bootstrapped with the GPS tracking data. We found that LFV’s search efficiency was higher than WBV’s in both first-to-find, first-to-land, and per-individual-finding rate measures. Modifying species-specific traits in the simulation model allows us to assess the relative role of each factor in LFV’s higher efficiency. Interspecific differences in morphology (through the effect on perceptual range and motion ability) and searchers’ spatial dispersion (due to different roost arrangements) are in correspondence with the empirically observed advantage of LFV over WBV searchers, whereas differences in other aspects of the movement patterns appear to play a minor role. Our results provide mechanistic explanations for interspecific variation in search efficiency for species using similar resources and foraging modes.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.pr1vj29n/1
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.393
dc.relation.ispartofdoi:10.5441/001/1.pr1vj29n
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.1086/670009
dc.relation.isreplacedbydoi:10.5441/001/1.mf903197/1
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectEtosha National Park
dc.subjectGyps africanus
dc.subjectinterspecific competition
dc.subjectlappet-faced vulture
dc.subjectmovement ecology
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.subjectoptimal foraging
dc.subjectTorgos tracheliotus
dc.subjectvulture conservation
dc.subjectwhite-backed vulture
dc.titleHUJ MoveEcol Lab Israel_ Foraging search efficiency in white backed & lappet-faced vultures, Namibia (data from Spiegel et al. 2013)
dc.typeDataset
dspace.entity.typeData package
dwc.ScientificNameGyps africanus
dwc.ScientificNameTorgos tracheliotus
mdr.citation.BibTex
@misc{001/1_pr1vj29n/1,
  title = {HUJ MoveEcol Lab Israel_ Foraging search efficiency in white backed & lappet-faced vultures, Namibia (data from Spiegel et al. 2013)},
  author = {Spiegel, O and Getz, WM and Nathan, R},
  year = {2014},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.pr1vj29n/1},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.pr1vj29n/1},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Spiegel O, Getz WM, Nathan R. 2014. HUJ MoveEcol Lab Israel_ Foraging search efficiency in white backed & lappet-faced vultures, Namibia (data from Spiegel et al. 2013). Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.pr1vj29n/1
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