Data from: Factors influencing foraging search efficiency: Why do scarce lappet-faced vultures outperform ubiquitous white-backed vultures? (V2)

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dc.contributor.authorSpiegel, Orr M.
dc.contributor.authorGetz, Wayne M.
dc.contributor.authorNathan, Ran
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-24T16:10:56Z
dc.date.available2014-11-24T16:10:56Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-24
dc.date.submitted2014
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationThe American Naturalist
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dc.subjectTorgos tracheliotus
dc.subjectGyps africanus
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.titleData from: Factors influencing foraging search efficiency: Why do scarce lappet-faced vultures outperform ubiquitous white-backed vultures? (V2)
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@misc{001/1_mf903197,
  title = {Data from: Factors influencing foraging search efficiency: Why do scarce lappet-faced vultures outperform ubiquitous white-backed vultures? (V2)},
  author = {Spiegel, OM and Getz, WM and Nathan, R},
  year = {2014},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.mf903197},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.mf903197},
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}
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Spiegel OM, Getz WM, Nathan R. 2014. Data from: Factors influencing foraging search efficiency: Why do scarce lappet-faced vultures outperform ubiquitous white-backed vultures? (V2). Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.mf903197
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