Data from: Seabirds vary responses to supplemental food under dynamic natural prey availability and feeding aggregation composition ...

• Main Authors: Maynard, Laurie D., Carvalho, Paloma C., Davoren, Gail K.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Larus argentatus; Ardenna grisea; Ardenna gravis; Fulmarus glacialis; foraging success; capelin; Mallotus villosus; procellarid; fisheries discards and offal; Larus marinus; mixed-species feeding assemblage; gull; optimal group size; Canada; Fulmar; Newfoundland; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rr4g39b; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.rr4g39b

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 (Mallotus vil...