Factors influencing movement probabilities of a nomadic food specialist: proximate foraging benefits or ultimate gains from exploration?

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作者
Bennetts, RE [1 ]
Kitchens, WM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Dept Wildlife Ecol & Conservat, Florida Cooperat Fish & Wildlife Res Unit, US Geol Survey,Biol Resources Div, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.910306.x
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
We examined the factors that influenced movement probabilities of snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis) in Florida, USA, based on birds with radio transmitters (n = 282) during a three-year period from April 1992 through April 1995. We focused on the hypotheses that increased movement probabilities were in response to low food availability or low water levels; the latter also implying low food availability for this species. An alternative hypothesis was that snail kites exhibit exploratory behavior, and corresponding increased movement probabilities, during periods of high food availability. Movement probabilities were not consistent with the hypotheses that low water levels or low food availability were the proximate cues to initiate movement from one wetland to another. Movement probabilities were higher during periods of relatively high food availability and were not associated with water levels; thus were consistent with the hypothesis that snail kites exhibited exploratory behavior juring times of food abundance. However, we do not believe that our results are in conflict with previous reports of increased movement during extreme food scarcity; rather, that these hypotheses are not mutually exclusive and reflect different resource levels. During extreme drying events, food becomes virtually unavailable and birds must either move or die, but during times of food abundance there may be an advantage of exploratory behavior. Given that local drying events occur at frequencies of approximately every 5-10 yr in this environment, having explored wetlands throughout their range reduces the need for "blind" searching for suitable alternative habitats when such events do occur.
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