Multi-predator assemblages, dive type, bathymetry and sex influence foraging success and efficiency in African penguins.

ABSTRACT: Marine predators adapt their hunting techniques to locate and capture prey in response to their surrounding environment. However, little is known about how certain strategies influence foraging success and efficiency. Due to the miniaturisation of animal tracking technologies, a single individual can be equipped with multiple data loggers to obtain multi-scale tracking information. With the addition of animal-borne video data loggers, it is possible to provide context-specific information for movement data obtained over the video recording periods. Through a combination of video data loggers, accelerometers, GPS and depth recorders, this study investigated the influence of habitat, sex and the presence of other predators on the foraging success and efficiency of the endangered African peng

SUBMITTER: Sutton G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333648 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature