Data from: Table scraps: inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas
Large carnivores perform keystone ecological functions through direct predation, or indirectly, through food subsidies to scavengers or trophic cascades driven by their influence on the distributions of their prey. Pumas (Puma concolor) are an elusive, cryptic species difficult to study, and little...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::fe54ba2020ad28cd972f81c5bfe97cb6 2023-05-15T15:50:21+02:00 Data from: Table scraps: inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas Elbroch, L. Mark Wittmer, Heiko U. Wittmer, H. U. Elbroch, L. M. 2021-07-01 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4dk44 en eng Dryad http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4dk44 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4dk44 lic_creative-commons 10.5061/dryad.4dk44 oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:81251 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:81251 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 keystone species Puma concolor Inter-trophic food provisioning Andean condor Holocene Life sciences medicine and health care Patagonia envir geo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4dk44 2023-01-22T16:52:48Z Large carnivores perform keystone ecological functions through direct predation, or indirectly, through food subsidies to scavengers or trophic cascades driven by their influence on the distributions of their prey. Pumas (Puma concolor) are an elusive, cryptic species difficult to study, and little is known about their inter-trophic level interactions in natural communities. Using new GPS technology, we discovered that pumas in Patagonia provided 232 ± 31 kg of edible meat/month/100 km2 to near-threatened Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) and other members of a diverse scavenger community. This is up to 3.1 times the contributions by wolves (Canis lupus) to communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA, and highlights the keystone role large, solitary felids play in natural systems. These findings are more pertinent than ever, for managers increasingly advocate controlling pumas and other large felids to bolster prey populations and mitigate concerns over human and livestock safety, without a full understanding of the potential ecological consequences of their actions. Elbroch_BiolLetters_DataData about puma kill sites used in this analysis. Dataset Canis lupus Unknown Patagonia |
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Large carnivores perform keystone ecological functions through direct predation, or indirectly, through food subsidies to scavengers or trophic cascades driven by their influence on the distributions of their prey. Pumas (Puma concolor) are an elusive, cryptic species difficult to study, and little is known about their inter-trophic level interactions in natural communities. Using new GPS technology, we discovered that pumas in Patagonia provided 232 ± 31 kg of edible meat/month/100 km2 to near-threatened Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) and other members of a diverse scavenger community. This is up to 3.1 times the contributions by wolves (Canis lupus) to communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA, and highlights the keystone role large, solitary felids play in natural systems. These findings are more pertinent than ever, for managers increasingly advocate controlling pumas and other large felids to bolster prey populations and mitigate concerns over human and livestock safety, without a full understanding of the potential ecological consequences of their actions. Elbroch_BiolLetters_DataData about puma kill sites used in this analysis. |
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Data from: Table scraps: inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas |
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