Seascapes of fear and competition shape regional seabird movement ecology.
Journal
Communications biology
ISSN: 2399-3642
Titre abrégé: Commun Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101719179
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 03 2022
04 03 2022
Historique:
received:
15
09
2021
accepted:
08
02
2022
entrez:
5
3
2022
pubmed:
6
3
2022
medline:
19
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fear effects of predators on prey distributions are seldom considered in marine environments, especially over large spatial scales and in conservation contexts. To fill these major gaps, we tested the Seascape of Fear Hypothesis in the Benguela marine ecosystem off South Africa. Using electronic tracking data, we showed that Cape gannets and their predator, the Cape fur seal, co-occurred in daytime and competed with fisheries within coastal areas. At night, gannets are particularly vulnerable to seals, and 28% of the birds returned to the safety of their breeding colony. The remaining 72% slept at the sea surface, but shifted to offshore areas with lower seal attendance, reducing predation risk by 25%. Overall, our integrative study demonstrates how fear and competition shape the seascape of threatened Cape gannets within a marine environment perturbed by climate change and overfishing. Such knowledge has strong implications for the design of marine protected areas.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35246607
doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03151-z
pii: 10.1038/s42003-022-03151-z
pmc: PMC8897475
doi:
Banques de données
figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.17299094']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
208Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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