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Foraging tactics of an ambush predator: the effects of substrate attributes on prey availability and predator feeding success

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dc.rights.license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 es_MX
dc.contributor.author González Bernal, Edna Leticia es_MX
dc.creator González Bernal, Edna Leticia es_MX
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-01T03:43:34Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-01T03:43:34Z
dc.date.issued 2011-02
dc.identifier.uri http://literatura.ciidiroaxaca.ipn.mx:8080/xmlui/handle/LITER_CIIDIROAX/565
dc.description.abstract The foraging sites selected by an ambush forager can strongly affect its feeding opportunities. Foraging cane toads (Rhinella marina) typically select open areas, often under artificial lights that attract insects. We conducted experimental trials in the field, using rubber mats placed under lights, to explore the influence of substrate color and rugosity on prey availability (numbers, sizes, and types of insects) and toad foraging success. A mat's color (black vs. white) and rugosity (smooth vs. rough) did not influence the numbers, sizes, or kinds of insects that were attracted to it, but toads actively preferred to feed on rugose white mats (50% of prey-capture events, vs. a null of 25%). White backgrounds provided better visual contrast of the (mostly dark) insects, and manipulations of prey color in the laboratory showed that contrast was critical in toad foraging success. Insects landing on rugose backgrounds were slower to leave, again increasing capture opportunities for toads. Thus, cane toads actively select backgrounds that maximize prey-capture opportunities, a bias driven by the ways that substrate attributes influence ease of prey detection and capture rather than by absolute prey densities. es_MX
dc.language.iso eng es_MX
dc.publisher Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Vol. 65 (1) es_MX
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess es_MX
dc.subject info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2 es_MX
dc.subject.other Foraging success es_MX
dc.subject.other prey choice es_MX
dc.subject.other prey selection es_MX
dc.subject.other Bufo marinus es_MX
dc.subject.other sit-and-wait predation es_MX
dc.title Foraging tactics of an ambush predator: the effects of substrate attributes on prey availability and predator feeding success es_MX
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article es_MX
dc.creator.id GOBE770523MPLNRD00


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