Data from: The secret life of oilbirds: new insights into the movement ecology of a unique avian frugivore
| datacite.RelatedIdentifier.relatedIdentifierType | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008264 | |
| datacite.RelatedIdentifier.relationType | PLoS ONE, v 4, i 12: e8264 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Holland, Richard A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wikelski, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kuemmeth, Franz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bosque, Carlos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-15T14:52:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-03-15T14:52:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-03-15 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2009 | |
| 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 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.269 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.haspart | doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/1 | |
| dc.relation.haspart | doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/2 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008264 | |
| dc.relation.replaces | 10.5441/001/0000001 | |
| dc.rights | license_1 | * |
| dc.subject | Steatornis caripensis | |
| dc.subject | animal tracking | |
| dc.subject | GPS logger | |
| dc.subject | oilbirds | |
| dc.subject | seed dispersal | |
| dc.subject | Steatornis caripensis | |
| dc.subject | Venezuela | |
| dc.title | Data from: The secret life of oilbirds: new insights into the movement ecology of a unique avian frugivore | |
| dc.type | Article | * |
| dspace.entity.type | Data package | |
| dwc.ScientificName | Steatornis caripensis | |
| mdr.citation.BibTex | @misc{001/1_35fs26kq,
title = {Data from: The secret life of oilbirds: new insights into the movement ecology of a unique avian frugivore},
author = {Holland, RA and Wikelski, M and Kuemmeth, F and Bosque, C},
year = {2009},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq},
doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq},
publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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| mdr.citation.CSE | Holland RA, Wikelski M, Kuemmeth F, Bosque C. 2009. Data from: The secret life of oilbirds: new insights into the movement ecology of a unique avian frugivore. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq | |
| mdr.citation.RIS | TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq T1 - Data from: The secret life of oilbirds: new insights into the movement ecology of a unique avian frugivore AU - Holland, Richard A. AU - Wikelski, Martin AU - Kuemmeth, Franz AU - Bosque, Carlos Y1 - 2009/// KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - GPS logger KW - oilbirds KW - seed dispersal KW - Steatornis caripensis KW - Venezuela PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq ER - | |
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