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

International audience 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,...

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Published in:PeerJ
Main Authors: Sutton, Grace, Pichegru, Lorien, Botha, Jonathan, Kouzani, Abbas, Adams, Scott, Bost, Charles, Arnould, John P.Y.
Other Authors: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Victoria, Australia (Deakin University), Deakin University Victoria, Australia, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town-Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (MAPRU) Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth, South Africa, School of Engineering Victoria, Australia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2020
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Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02904354
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9380