Seasonal activity levels of a farm-island population of striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) in the Falkland Islands

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: Katie J. Harrington, James A. Fahlbusch, Roland Langrock, Jean-François Therrien, Jennifer L. Houtz, Birgitte I. McDonald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Falconid; Hidden Markov model; Migratory prey; Seabirds; South Atlantic; Vectorial dynamic body acceleration; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Animal biochemistry; QP501-801; Saunders; Saunders Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-020-00214-y; https://doaj.org/article/763c089f15334075b20f58bdd031fb46

Abstract Background Animals need adaptive strategies to cope with seasonal changes in prey availability to survive and reproduce, which can include migrating, prey-switching, or reducing metabolic needs. Human settlements can disrupt spatiotemporal patterning in resource availability, which can affe...