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Relative predation rates on juvenile Chinook Salmon in the lower Stanislaus River, California, 2012-2024 by habitat suitability informed by juvenile Chinook Salmon and black bass observations in the lower Stanislaus and Merced rivers, California, 2012-2017
Overview The purpose of this work was to estimate relative predation on juvenile Chinook Salmon rearing in tributaries of the San Joaquin River, California in relation to meso- and microhabitat factors. Predation rates were estimated using predation bioassays. Ranges of depth and velocity targeted by the bioassays were informed by habitat suitability indices developed prior to field efforts. Juvenile Chinook and Bass Habitat Suitability Indices The purpose of this dataset is to develop habitat suitability indices for juvenile Chinook Salmon (<120mm) on the lower Stanislaus River and nonnative black bass ( Micropterus spp.). on the lower Merced River, both tributaries of the San Joaquin. This data was used to identify target ranges of depth and velocity during predation fieldwork. Occupancy data was collected via snorkel surveys on the lower Stanislaus River in 2018 and 2019 and on the Merced River in 2012 and 2014-2017. Predation Tethering Bioassay Study The purpose of this field study was to estimate relative rates of predation of juvenile Chinook Salmon. Predation rates were estimated using assays of tethered hatchery Chinook Salmon deployed across a range of mesohabitats on the lower Stanislaus River. Habitat suitability was expected to vary across mesohabitats and across depths and velocities sampled within habitats. Cameras were deployed with tethers to identify predators for a subset of predation events happening within the first 1-2 hours of deployment. Assays were deployed monthly March-May in 2022 and 2024. A supplemental set of assays were deployed in May 2023 under wet water year conditions that varied strongly from conditions sampled in 2022 and 2024.
Data from: Accounting for predator species identity reveals variable relationships between nest predation rate and habitat in a temperate forest songbird
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Nest predation is the primary cause of nest failure in most ground-nesting bird species. Investigations of relationships between nest predation rate and habitat usually pool different predator species. However, such relationships likely depend on the specific predator involved, partly because habitat requirements vary among predator species. Pooling may therefore impair our ability to identify conservation-relevant relationships between nest predation rate and habitat. We investigated predator-specific nest predation rates in the forest-dependent, ground-nesting wood warbler <em>Phylloscopus sibilatrix </em>in relation to forest area and forest edge complexity at two spatial scales, and to the composition of the adjacent habitat matrix. We used camera traps at 559 nests to identify nest predators in five study regions across Europe. When analysing predation data pooled across predator species, nest predation rate was positively related to forest area at the local scale (1,000 m around nest), and higher where proportion of grassland in the adjacent habitat matrix was high but arable land low. Analyses by each predator species revealed variable relationships between nest predation rates and habitat. At the local scale, nest predation by most predators was higher where forest area was large. At the landscape scale (10,000 m around nest), nest predation by buzzards <em>Buteo buteo</em> was high where forest area was small. Predation by pine martens Martes martes was high where edge complexity at the landscape scale was high. Predation by badgers <em>Meles meles </em>was high where the matrix had much grassland but little arable land. Our results suggest that relationships between nest predation rates and habitat can depend on the predator species involved and may differ from analyses disregarding predator identity. Predator-specific nest predation rates, and their relationships to habitat at different spatial scales, should be considered when assessing the impact of habitat change on avian nesting success.</p>
data for paper: Predator-induced defense decreases growth rate and photoprotective capacity in a nitrogen-limited dinoflagellate
<p>this is the data for paper "Predator-induced defense decreases growth rate and photoprotective capacity in a nitrogen-limited dinoflagellate" </p>
Figure 1 in Functional response and predation rate of Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) at three constant temperatures
Figure 1. Functional response of Amblyseius swirskii to eggs of Tetranychus urticae at 25 (A), 30 (B) and 35°C (C).
Figure. Age-specific survival rate (lx) and natality (m x) of Axinoscymnus apioides at different temperatures (20 °C, 23 °C, 26 °C, 29 °C, and 32 °C). in Temperature influences the development, survival, and life history of Axinoscymnus apioides Kuznetsov & Ren (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of whitefly
Figure. Age-specific survival rate (lx) and natality (m x) of Axinoscymnus apioides at different temperatures (20 °C, 23 °C, 26 °C, 29 °C, and 32 °C).
Figure 6 The age-specific predation rate k in Long-term effects of saffron pollen on development, reproduction and predation capacity of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Figure 6 The age-specific predation rate k (x), and age-specific net predation rateqx() of Neoseiulus cucumeris when fed on saffron pollen for 10 and 20 generations (G10, G20) then switched toTetrany-
The influence of prey density and pollen on the predation and oviposition rate of Amblyseius swirskii on Echinothrips americanus
<p>Data set of the research: "The influence of prey density and pollen on the predation and oviposition rate of Amblyseius swirskii on Echinothrips americanus". The dataset contains observations of predation and oviposition of Amblyseius swirskii on Echinothrips americanus. The different conditions were leaf area and prey density.</p>
Pattern of seasonal variation in rates of predation between spider families is temporally stable in a food web with widespread intraguild predation
<p>Intraguild predation (IGP) – predation between generalist predators (IGPredator and IGPrey) that potentially compete for a shared prey resource – is a common interaction module in terrestrial food webs. Understanding temporal variation in webs with widespread IGP is relevant to testing food web theory. We investigated temporal constancy in the structure of such a system: the spider-focused food web of the forest floor. Multiplex PCR was used to detect prey DNA in 3,300 adult spiders collected from the floor of a deciduous forest during spring, summer, and fall over four years. Because only spiders were defined as consumers, the web was tripartite, with 11 consumer nodes (spider families) and 22 resource nodes: 11 non-spider arthropod taxa (order- or family-level) and the 11 spider families. Most (99%) spider-spider predation was on spider IGPrey, and ~90% of these interactions were restricted to spider families within the same broadly defined foraging mode (cursorial or web-spinning spiders). Bootstrapped-derived confidence intervals (BCI's) for two indices of web structure, restricted connectance and interaction evenness, overlapped broadly across years and seasons. A third index, % IGPrey (% IGPrey among all prey of spiders), was similar across years (~50%) but varied seasonally, with a summer rate (65%) ~1.8x higher than spring and fall. This seasonal pattern was consistent across years. Our results suggest that extensive spider predation on spider IGPrey that exhibits consistent seasonal variation in frequency, and that occurs primarily within two broadly defined spider-spider interaction pathways, must be incorporated into models of the dynamics of forest-floor food webs. </p>
Pattern of seasonal variation in rates of predation between spider families is temporally stable in a food web with widespread intraguild predation
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PIE LTER predation and herbivory rates associated with marsh sites used in space for time sea level rise study, Rowley, MA.
This dataset contains aggregated observations of predation and herbivory rates on tethered bait in each quadrat of the space for time substitution observations in salt marsh sites in Rowley and Newbury, MA.
Using patterns in prey DNA digestion rates to quantify predator diets
Dietary metabarcoding – the process of taxonomic identification of food species from DNA in consumer guts or feces – has been rapidly adopted by ecologists to gain insights into biocontrol, invasive species, and the structure of food webs. However, an outstanding issue with metabarcoding is the semi-quantitative nature of the data it provides: because metabarcoding is likely to produce false positives for some prey more often than for other prey, we cannot infer relative frequencies of prey in the diet. To correct for this, we can adjust detected prey frequencies using DNA detectability half-lives unique to each predator-prey combination. Because the feeding experiments required to deduce these half-lives are time- and resource-intensive, our ability to weight the frequency of observations using their detectability has thus far been limited to systems with just a few prey. Here, we present a meta-analysis of 24 spider prey DNA half-lives and show that these half-lives are predictable given predator and prey mass, predator family, temperature, and DNA amplicon length. We further provide a new technique for weighting observations with half-lives, which allows not just for the ranking of prey in the diet, but reveals the proportion of the diet each prey comprises. Lastly, we apply this method to published dietary metabarcoding data to calculate half-lives and proportion of the predator's diet for 35 prey families, demonstrating that this technique can generate improved understanding of diets in real, diverse systems.
Data from: Behavioral hypervolumes of predator groups and predator-predator interactions shape prey survival rates and selection on prey behavior
Predator-prey interactions often vary on the basis of the traits of the individual predators and prey involved. Here we examine whether the multidimensional behavioral diversity of predator groups shapes prey mortality rates and selection on prey behavior. We ran individual sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) through three behavioral assays to characterize individuals' behavioral phenotype along three axes. We then created groups that varied in the volume of behavioral space that they occupied. We further manipulated the ability of predators to interact with one another physically via the addition of barriers. Prey snails (Chlorostome funebralis) were also run through an assay to evaluate their predator avoidance behavior before their use in mesocosm experiments. We then subjected pools of prey to predator groups and recorded the number of prey consumed and their behavioral phenotypes. We found that predator-predator interactions changed survival selection on prey traits: when predators were prevented from interacting, more fearful snails had higher survival rates, whereas prey fearfulness had no effect on survival when predators were free to interact. We also found that groups of predators that occupied a larger volume in behavioral trait space consumed 35% more prey snails than homogeneous predator groups. Finally, we found that behavioral hypervolumes were better predictors of prey survival rates than single behavioral traits or other multivariate statistics (i.e., principal component analysis). Taken together, predator-predator interactions and multidimensional behavioral diversity determine prey survival rates and selection on prey traits in this system.
Data from: Competition between apex predators? Brown bears decrease wolf kill rate on two continents
Trophic interactions are a fundamental topic in ecology, but we know little about how competition between apex predators affects predation, the mechanism driving top-down forcing in ecosystems. We used long-term datasets from Scandinavia (Europe) and Yellowstone National Park (North America) to evaluate how grey wolf (Canis lupus) kill rate was affected by a sympatric apex predator, the brown bear (Ursus arctos). We used kill interval (i.e. the number of days between consecutive ungulate kills) as a proxy of kill rate. Although brown bears can monopolize wolf kills, we found no support in either study system for the common assumption that they cause wolves to kill more often. On the contrary, our results showed the opposite effect. In Scandinavia, wolf packs sympatric with brown bears killed less often than allopatric packs during both spring (after bear den emergence) and summer. Similarly, the presence of bears at wolf-killed ungulates was associated with wolves killing less often during summer in Yellowstone. The consistency in results between the two systems suggests that brown bear presence actually reduces wolf kill rate. Our results suggest that the influence of predation on lower trophic levels may depend on the composition of predator communities.
Figure 2 in Predation and oviposition rates of Gaeolaelaps aculeifer and Parasitus bituberosus (Acari: Laelapidae and Parasitidae) on pre-pupae/pupae of Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Figure 2 Daily oviposition of Gaeolaelaps aculeiferandParasitus bituberosus on different densities
Higher predation rate need not and did not lead to higher risk-induced trait responses in related zooplankton species
<p>Predators can directly affect prey populations both through predation (consumption of prey) and risk-induced trait responses (RITRs) that reduce predation risk but are often associated with a fitness cost. Thousands of studies make clear that RITRs (also termed anti-predator or defensive traits) including changes in behavior, morphology, and life history, are employed by numerous taxa across diverse ecological systems, and there is large variation in their magnitude. A natural goal is to elucidate the species and circumstances for which and to what magnitude RITRs are expected. A candidate hypothesis is that prey species that experience higher mortality from a predator will exhibit a higher RITR. This hypothesis is an intuitive extension of the fact that invulnerable animals are not expected to exhibit an RITR, while vulnerable species are. We present an example that clarifies why this relationship is not always expected and when it is expected. Other factors may influence the level of the RITR leading to the possibility that a positive relationship is not expected. We elucidate this problem using a mesocosm experiment with a fish-cladoceran system in which there is large variability in the predation rate on different cladoceran species. Results not only did not show a positive relationship but rather a negative trend between predation rate and the RITR. In fact, highly-preyed-upon taxa did not respond, while the least-preyed-upon taxa had the largest responses. These results clarify how the level of predation risk interacts with many factors to determine the RITR of prey.</p>
Data for: Incubation behavior and nest predation rates for 21 songbird species studied in Borneo
<p>The Skutch (1949) Hypothesis that nest predation risk constrains parental nest activity has important implications for the evolution of parental care strategies, but the required conditions for the hypothesis to operate have been questioned. We found the necessary conditions existed in a montane tropical bird community where 95.4% of predation events (n=456) occurred during daylight hours and almost all predators (n=224) were visually-oriented. Moreover, incubation strategies for 21 passerine species were explained by nest predation rates as proposed by the Skutch Hypothesis. Hourly rates of visits to the nest were lower among species with higher nest predation rates, and achieved in part by longer on- and off-bouts. Incubation attentiveness (percent of time incubating) does not necessarily affect parental nest activity and was not related to nest predation rates. Nest predation rates were greater in enclosed- than open-nesting species, counter to long-standing views. Moreover, nest predation was usually higher in the nestling period when parents were more actively visiting nests than during incubation for enclosed- but not open-nesting species. This increase in nest predation in the nestling period for enclosed-nesting species might indicate proximate predation responses to parental nest activity that underlie the evolutionary patterns. Adult mortality also can exert selection on evolved strategies. Following life history theory, annual adult mortality probability explained residual variation in incubation behaviors, while accounting for nest predation, with longer-lived species exhibiting lower nest activity and attentiveness. Ultimately, the conditions for the Skutch Hypothesis were clear and evolved behaviors suggest an important influence of natural selection by nest predation in this montane tropical bird community. At the same time, different patterns of nest predation between open- and enclosed-nesting species emphasize a need for further research into how parental nest activity interacts with nest type to affect predator detection of nests.</p>
Data from: A hierarchical population model for the estimation of latent prey abundance and demographic rates of a nomadic predator
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Data from: Competition between apex predators? Brown bears decrease wolf kill rate on two continents
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Data from: Behavioral hypervolumes of predator groups and predator-predator interactions shape prey survival rates and selection on prey behavior
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Support for the climatic variability hypothesis depends on the type of thermal plasticity: lessons from predation rates
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