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

• Main Authors: G Sutton, L Pichegru, JA Botha, Abbas Kouzani, Scott Adams, CA Bost, John Arnould
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Penguin; Prey capture; Benthic; Camera; Group foraging; Accelerometer; Bio-logging; Endangered; South Africa; Sex-specific foraging; ARCTOCEPHALUS-PUSILLUS-PUSILLUS; CAPE FUR-SEAL; SPHENISCUS-DEMERSUS; SOUTH-AFRICA; ALGOA BAY; SOCIAL INFORMATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FEEDING-BEHAVIOR; GENTOO PENGUINS; 060201 Behavioural Ecology; 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology); 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences; 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30140294; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Multi-predator_assemblages_dive_type_bathymetry_and_sex_influence_foraging_success_and_efficiency_in_African_penguins/20698177

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 ca...