Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas
We report the first study to compare the contents of pellets and regurgitates of South Polar Skuas, Stercorarius maccormicki, at two breeding colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula. Samples were taken across years from identified breeding pairs at Potter Peninsula in sympatry with 30-40 breeding pairs...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/196779 2023-10-09T21:46:55+02:00 Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas Santos, Maria Mercedes Juares, Mariana Alejandra Rombola, Emilce Florencia Garcia, Mirta Lidia Coria, Néstor Rubén Doncaster, C. Patrick application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/196779 eng eng Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-012-0840-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10336-012-0840-4 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/196779 Santos, Maria Mercedes; Juares, Mariana Alejandra; Rombola, Emilce Florencia; Garcia, Mirta Lidia; Coria, Néstor Rubén; et al.; Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas; Springer; Journal Fur Ornithologie; 153; 3; 7-2012; 979-983 0021-8375 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ ANTARCTICA DIETARY ANALYSIS PELLET ANALYSIS REGURGITATE ANALYSIS SYMPATRIC https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0840-4 2023-09-24T20:22:29Z We report the first study to compare the contents of pellets and regurgitates of South Polar Skuas, Stercorarius maccormicki, at two breeding colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula. Samples were taken across years from identified breeding pairs at Potter Peninsula in sympatry with 30-40 breeding pairs of Brown Skuas, Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi, and from Cierva Point with 2 pairs of Brown Skuas. In contrast to the general consensus that penguins feature in the diet most prominently in the absence of Brown Skuas, we found a much more frequent occurrence of penguin remains in samples at Potter than Cierva, but only in pellets. At Cierva, penguin feathers were largely replaced in the pellets by a high frequency of non-food moss. The rare occurrence of penguins in regurgitates from both sites is consistent with scavenging rather than active predation. The high frequency of feathers in pellets at Potter is consistent with a gut-cleansing function similar to that performed by moss, which is abundant only at Cierva. We conclude that pellets over-represent penguins in the diet. For any species that consumes feathers, the evidence must consider the alternative possibility of a nonfood function of ingesting feathers. Fil: Santos, Maria Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Juares, Mariana Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Rombola, Emilce Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Garcia, Mirta Lidia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica antarcticus Dirección Nacional del Antártico Instituto Antártico Argentino South Polar Skuas Stercorarius antarcticus Stercorarius maccormicki CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Argentino Argentina Cierva ENVELOPE(-60.873,-60.873,-64.156,-64.156) Potter Peninsula ENVELOPE(-58.658,-58.658,-62.246,-62.246) Cierva Point ENVELOPE(-60.967,-60.967,-64.150,-64.150) Lidia ENVELOPE(-57.400,-57.400,-63.617,-63.617) Journal of Ornithology 153 3 979 983 |
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ANTARCTICA DIETARY ANALYSIS PELLET ANALYSIS REGURGITATE ANALYSIS SYMPATRIC https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 Santos, Maria Mercedes Juares, Mariana Alejandra Rombola, Emilce Florencia Garcia, Mirta Lidia Coria, Néstor Rubén Doncaster, C. Patrick Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas |
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We report the first study to compare the contents of pellets and regurgitates of South Polar Skuas, Stercorarius maccormicki, at two breeding colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula. Samples were taken across years from identified breeding pairs at Potter Peninsula in sympatry with 30-40 breeding pairs of Brown Skuas, Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi, and from Cierva Point with 2 pairs of Brown Skuas. In contrast to the general consensus that penguins feature in the diet most prominently in the absence of Brown Skuas, we found a much more frequent occurrence of penguin remains in samples at Potter than Cierva, but only in pellets. At Cierva, penguin feathers were largely replaced in the pellets by a high frequency of non-food moss. The rare occurrence of penguins in regurgitates from both sites is consistent with scavenging rather than active predation. The high frequency of feathers in pellets at Potter is consistent with a gut-cleansing function similar to that performed by moss, which is abundant only at Cierva. We conclude that pellets over-represent penguins in the diet. For any species that consumes feathers, the evidence must consider the alternative possibility of a nonfood function of ingesting feathers. Fil: Santos, Maria Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Juares, Mariana Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Rombola, Emilce Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Garcia, Mirta Lidia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ... |
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Santos, Maria Mercedes Juares, Mariana Alejandra Rombola, Emilce Florencia Garcia, Mirta Lidia Coria, Néstor Rubén Doncaster, C. Patrick |
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Santos, Maria Mercedes Juares, Mariana Alejandra Rombola, Emilce Florencia Garcia, Mirta Lidia Coria, Néstor Rubén Doncaster, C. Patrick |
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Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas |
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Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas |
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Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas |
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Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas |
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Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas |
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over-representation of bird prey in pellets of south polar skuas |
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ENVELOPE(-60.873,-60.873,-64.156,-64.156) ENVELOPE(-58.658,-58.658,-62.246,-62.246) ENVELOPE(-60.967,-60.967,-64.150,-64.150) ENVELOPE(-57.400,-57.400,-63.617,-63.617) |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Argentino Argentina Cierva Potter Peninsula Cierva Point Lidia |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Argentino Argentina Cierva Potter Peninsula Cierva Point Lidia |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica antarcticus Dirección Nacional del Antártico Instituto Antártico Argentino South Polar Skuas Stercorarius antarcticus Stercorarius maccormicki |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica antarcticus Dirección Nacional del Antártico Instituto Antártico Argentino South Polar Skuas Stercorarius antarcticus Stercorarius maccormicki |
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