Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear?
Generalist populations often harbor individual dietary specialists. Whether using a narrower set of resources than the population (= specialization) affects specialists' nutrient intake remains underexplored. We evaluated variation in ingredient and nutrient specialization in a European brown b...
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:260599 2024-09-15T18:40:17+00:00 Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? De Cuyper, Annelies Strubbe, Diederik Clauss, Marcus Lens, Luc Zedrosser, Andreas Steyaert, Sam M J G Kopatz, Alexander Janssens, Geert P J 2024-06-25 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/260599/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/260599/1/WildlBiol_bear_specialisation_2024.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-260599 https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01305 eng eng Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/260599/1/WildlBiol_bear_specialisation_2024.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-260599 doi:10.1002/wlb3.01305 urn:issn:0909-6396 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ De Cuyper, Annelies; Strubbe, Diederik; Clauss, Marcus; Lens, Luc; Zedrosser, Andreas; Steyaert, Sam M J G; Kopatz, Alexander; Janssens, Geert P J (2024). Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? Wildlife Biology, 2024:Epub ahead of print. Department of Small Animals 630 Agriculture 570 Life sciences biology Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2024 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-26059910.1002/wlb3.01305 2024-09-04T00:39:04Z Generalist populations often harbor individual dietary specialists. Whether using a narrower set of resources than the population (= specialization) affects specialists' nutrient intake remains underexplored. We evaluated variation in ingredient and nutrient specialization in a European brown bear Ursus arctos population via the Proportional Similarity Index (PSi, from 0 = highly specialized to 1 = not specialized) and assessed associations of specialization with year, season and reproductive class. Different methodologies concerning the organization of raw data for PSi calculations were evaluated (i.e. the resolution of diet compositional data (feces vs the average of all feces per individual) and temporal restrictions for the population (year‐round vs within‐season). Overall, a tendency for ingredient specialization (PSi 0.37 ± 0.14) and absence of nutrient specialization (PSi 0.79 ± 0.10) was observed. Ingredient specialization was mainly influenced by the proportion of berries, graminoids, oats and moose in the diet. Annual, seasonal and reproductive class effects were moderate and did not strongly affect PSi for both ingredients and nutrients. Organizing diet compositional data from a ‘feces resolution' to ‘individual resolution' decreased specialization. Changing the comparative population in PSi calculations from ‘all‐year‐round' to ‘within year and season' also resulted in less pronounced specialization. The degree of specialization was not caused by individuals exhibiting consistent ingredient preferences over the years (low repeatability of PSi) except in spring. Our results suggested absence of nutrient specialization and mild ingredient specialization, which appeared to be an outcome of the ecological circumstances rather than specific individual traits. Additionally, we demonstrated that the methods applied can have substantial influence for the calculation of specialization indices. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive |
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Department of Small Animals 630 Agriculture 570 Life sciences biology De Cuyper, Annelies Strubbe, Diederik Clauss, Marcus Lens, Luc Zedrosser, Andreas Steyaert, Sam M J G Kopatz, Alexander Janssens, Geert P J Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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Generalist populations often harbor individual dietary specialists. Whether using a narrower set of resources than the population (= specialization) affects specialists' nutrient intake remains underexplored. We evaluated variation in ingredient and nutrient specialization in a European brown bear Ursus arctos population via the Proportional Similarity Index (PSi, from 0 = highly specialized to 1 = not specialized) and assessed associations of specialization with year, season and reproductive class. Different methodologies concerning the organization of raw data for PSi calculations were evaluated (i.e. the resolution of diet compositional data (feces vs the average of all feces per individual) and temporal restrictions for the population (year‐round vs within‐season). Overall, a tendency for ingredient specialization (PSi 0.37 ± 0.14) and absence of nutrient specialization (PSi 0.79 ± 0.10) was observed. Ingredient specialization was mainly influenced by the proportion of berries, graminoids, oats and moose in the diet. Annual, seasonal and reproductive class effects were moderate and did not strongly affect PSi for both ingredients and nutrients. Organizing diet compositional data from a ‘feces resolution' to ‘individual resolution' decreased specialization. Changing the comparative population in PSi calculations from ‘all‐year‐round' to ‘within year and season' also resulted in less pronounced specialization. The degree of specialization was not caused by individuals exhibiting consistent ingredient preferences over the years (low repeatability of PSi) except in spring. Our results suggested absence of nutrient specialization and mild ingredient specialization, which appeared to be an outcome of the ecological circumstances rather than specific individual traits. Additionally, we demonstrated that the methods applied can have substantial influence for the calculation of specialization indices. |
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De Cuyper, Annelies Strubbe, Diederik Clauss, Marcus Lens, Luc Zedrosser, Andreas Steyaert, Sam M J G Kopatz, Alexander Janssens, Geert P J |
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De Cuyper, Annelies Strubbe, Diederik Clauss, Marcus Lens, Luc Zedrosser, Andreas Steyaert, Sam M J G Kopatz, Alexander Janssens, Geert P J |
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Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. |
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2024 |
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https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/260599/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/260599/1/WildlBiol_bear_specialisation_2024.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-260599 https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01305 |
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De Cuyper, Annelies; Strubbe, Diederik; Clauss, Marcus; Lens, Luc; Zedrosser, Andreas; Steyaert, Sam M J G; Kopatz, Alexander; Janssens, Geert P J (2024). Do ingredient and nutrient intake reveal individual dietary specialization in an omnivorous carnivore, the brown bear? Wildlife Biology, 2024:Epub ahead of print. |
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