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Oilbirds-metadata
dc.contributor.author | Holland, Richard A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wikelski, Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuemmeth, Franz | |
dc.contributor.author | Bosque, Carlos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-15T14:52:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-15T14:52:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-03-15 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Steatornis caripensis (the oilbird) is a very unusual bird. It supposedly never sees daylight, roosting in huge aggregations in caves during the day and bringing back fruit to the cave at night. As a consequence a large number of the seeds from the fruit they feed upon germinate in the cave and spoil. Methodology/Principal Findings: Here we use newly developed GPS/acceleration loggers with remote UHF readout to show that several assumptions about the behaviour of Steatornis caripensis need to be revised. On average, they spend only every 3rd day in a cave, individuals spent most days sitting quietly in trees in the rainforest where they regurgitate seeds. Conclusions/Significance: This provides new data on the extent of seed dispersal and the movement ecology of Steatornis caripensis. It suggests that Steatornis caripensis is perhaps the most important long-distance seed disperser in Neotropical forests. We also show that colony-living comes with high activity costs to individuals. | |
dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.271 | |
dc.relation.ispartof | doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq | |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008264 | |
dc.relation.replaces | 10.5441/001/0000001 | |
dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | animal movement | |
dc.subject | animal tracking | |
dc.subject | GPS logger | |
dc.subject | oilbirds | |
dc.subject | seed dispersal | |
dc.subject | Steatornis caripensis | |
dc.subject | Venezuela | |
dc.title | Oilbirds-metadata | |
dc.type | Dataset | |
dspace.entity.type | Data package | |
dwc.ScientificName | Steatornis caripensis | |
mdr.citation.BibTex | @misc{001/1_35fs26kq/2, title = {Oilbirds-metadata}, author = {Holland, RA and Wikelski, M and Kuemmeth, F and Bosque, C}, year = {2012}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2}, doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2}, publisher = {Movebank data repository} } | |
mdr.citation.CSE | Holland RA, Wikelski M, Kuemmeth F, Bosque C. 2012. Oilbirds-metadata. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2 | |
mdr.citation.RIS | TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2 T1 - Oilbirds-metadata AU - Holland, Richard A. AU - Wikelski, Martin AU - Kuemmeth, Franz AU - Bosque, Carlos Y1 - 2012/03/15 KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - GPS logger KW - oilbirds KW - seed dispersal KW - Steatornis caripensis KW - Venezuela KW - Steatornis caripensis PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2 ER - |