Evidence of sociality in the timing and location of foraging in a colonial seabird.

ABSTRACT: Social foraging behaviours, which range from cooperative hunting to local enhancement, can result in increased prey capture and access to information, which may significantly reduce time and energy costs of acquiring prey. In colonial species, it has been proposed that the colony itself may act as a site of social information transfer and group formation. However, conclusive evidence from empirical studies is lacking. In particular, most studies in colonial species have generally focussed on behaviours either at the colony or at foraging sites in isolation, and have failed to directly connect social associations at the colony to social foraging. In this study, we simultaneously tracked 85% of a population of Australasian gannets (Morus serrator) over multiple foraging trips, to study socia

SUBMITTER: Jones TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6083229 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature