Where and when to hunt? Decomposing predation success of an ambush carnivore.
Puma concolor
Vicugna vicugna
ambush predator
encounter rate
habitat selection
hunting behavior
predation risk
prey vulnerability
Journal
Ecology
ISSN: 1939-9170
Titre abrégé: Ecology
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0043541
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2020
12 2020
Historique:
received:
23
10
2019
revised:
08
06
2020
accepted:
29
06
2020
pubmed:
28
8
2020
medline:
16
3
2021
entrez:
28
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Predator-prey games emerge when predators and prey dynamically respond to the behavior of one another, driving the outcomes of predator-prey interactions. Predation success is a function of the combined probabilities of encountering and capturing prey, which are influenced by both prey behavior and environmental features. While the relative importance of encounter and capture probabilities have been evaluated in a spatial framework, temporal variation in prey behavior and intrinsic catchability are likely to also affect the distribution of predation events. Using a single-predator-single-prey (puma-vicuña) system, we evaluated which factors predict predation events across both temporal and spatial dimensions of the components of predation by testing the prey-abundance hypothesis (predators select for high encounter probability) and the prey-catchability hypothesis (predators select for high relative capture probability) in time and space. We found that for both temporal and spatial analyses, neither the prey-abundance hypothesis nor the prey-catchability hypothesis alone predicted kill frequency or distribution; puma kill frequency was static throughout the diel cycle and pumas consistently selected a single habitat type when hunting, despite temporal and spatial variation in encounter rates and intrinsic catchability. Our integrated spatiotemporal analysis revealed that an interaction between time of day and habitat influences kill probability, suggesting that trade-offs in the temporal and spatial components of predation drive the probability of predation events. These findings reinforce the importance of examining both the temporal and spatial patterns of the components of predation, rather than unidimensional measures of predator or prey behavior, to comprehensively describe the feedbacks between predator and prey in the predator-prey game.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e03172Subventions
Organisme : Species Conservation Foundation (Germany)
Organisme : Wildlife Conservation Society
Organisme : National Geographic Society
ID : CRE 9341-13
Organisme : Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University
Organisme : Devonwood Foundation
Organisme : Rufford Foundation
Informations de copyright
© 2020 by the Ecological Society of America.
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