Seabirds vary responses to supplemental food under dynamic natural prey availability and feeding aggregation composition

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Maynard, Laurie D, Carvalho, Paloma C, Davoren, Gail K
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Ship Time Grants, University of Manitoba Faculty of Science Fieldwork Support Program, Manitoba Graduate Fellowship, CAPES
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis; Newfoundland; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/ukz062; http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/137/1/ukz062/31744838/ukz062.pdf

Abstract While foraging, a predator can feed solitarily or in a group. The net energy gain of joining a group is predicted to vary with prey patch quality, species-specific prey capture behavior, and the size and species composition of the predator group. In coastal Newfoundland, Canada, capelin (Ma...