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A spatially explicit optimal foraging model of Black-legged Kittiwake behavior based on prey density, travel distances, and colony size

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  • Ford, R. Glenn
  • Ainley, David G.
  • Brown, Evelyn D.
  • Suryan, Robert M.
  • Irons, David B.

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We developed a spatially explicit population model (FORAGER) that simulates the foraging movements of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, an oceanographically, spatially, and temporally complex marine environment where the foraging behavior of this species has been extensively studied. Kittiwake foraging behavior had been previously modeled in the North Sea, an area spatially less complex than PWS, and we make comparisons to those studies. We calibrated and evaluated FORAGER by comparing predicted with observed bird movements, as well as with the predictions of a multiple regression model.

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  • Ford, R. Glenn & Ainley, David G. & Brown, Evelyn D. & Suryan, Robert M. & Irons, David B., 2007. "A spatially explicit optimal foraging model of Black-legged Kittiwake behavior based on prey density, travel distances, and colony size," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 204(3), pages 335-348.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:204:y:2007:i:3:p:335-348
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.01.010
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