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Why Do Gull-Billed Terns Gelochelidon nilotica Feed on Fiddler Crabs Uca tangeri in Guinea-Bissau?

机译:为什么鸥嘴燕鸥Gelochelidon nilotica会以几内亚比绍的招潮蟹Uca tangeri为食?

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Gull-billedTernsGelochelidonniloticawinteringinGuineaBissaumainlyfedonfiddlercrabsUcatangeriandwereoccasionallyseenfeedingonfishandlocusts.Asfiddlercrabshavealowenergycontent,ternsneedalargegrossintaketomeetdailyenergydemands.Fiddlercrabsalsohavealowratioofdigestiblefleshtoexoskeleton,andthereforeternfoodintakemaybelimitedbygutcapacity.ActivitybudgetsofGullbilledTernsfeedingonfiddlercrabsshowedthataconsiderablepartofthetimewasspentresting.Thedurationofrestingintervalsincreasedwithenergyintakeandwaspositivelycorrelatedwiththemetabolisableenergycontentofthecrabeaten,suggestingthatrestingperiodswererequiredforaproperdigestion.Thepoorqualityoffiddlercrabswasoffsetbyhighcapturerates.Sodailyenergyexpenditureoftheternscouldeasilybemetbyfeedingonfiddlercrabs.Evenwhenrestingpauseswereincludedinforagingtime,foragingforonly1.5hoursonfiddlercrabssatisfiedtheterns'dailyenergydemands.Instead,feedingonenergy-richfishwouldrequireabout2.5hourstosatisfydailyenergydemands.ComparedtothemorespecialisedpiscivorousLittleTernSternulaalbifronsandSandwichTernSternasandvicensis,capturerateoffishwaspoorinGull-billedTerns.Fromanenergeticpointofview,winteringGull-billedTernsfeedingonfiddlercrabsseemtohaveaneasylivinginGuineaBissau.
机译:鸥billedTernsGelochelidonniloticawinteringinGuineaBissaumainlyfedonfiddlercrabsUcatangeriandwereoccasionallyseenfeedingonfishandlocusts.Asfiddlercrabshavealowenergycontent,ternsneedalargegrossintaketomeetdailyenergydemands.Fiddlercrabsalsohavealowratioofdigestiblefleshtoexoskeleton,andthereforeternfoodintakemaybelimitedbygutcapacity.ActivitybudgetsofGullbilledTernsfeedingonfiddlercrabsshowedthataconsiderablepartofthetimewasspentresting.Thedurationofrestingintervalsincreasedwithenergyintakeandwaspositivelycorrelatedwiththemetabolisableenergycontentofthecrabeaten,suggestingthatrestingperiodswererequiredforaproperdigestion.Thepoorqualityoffiddlercrabswasoffsetbyhighcapturerates.Sodailyenergyexpenditureoftheternscouldeasilybemetbyfeedingonfiddlercrabs.Evenwhenrestingpauseswereincludedinforagingtime,foragingforonly1.5hoursonfiddlercrabssatisfiedtheterns'dailyenergydemands.Instead,feedingonenergy-richfishwouldrequireabout2.5hourstosatisfydailyenergydemands.Comparedtothemorespecialisedpisc象牙小燕鸥胸鳍和三明治燕鸥燕鸥,捕获的鸟嘴鸥在海鸥嘴里。从能量的观点出发,冬瓜鸥嘴燕鸥在几内亚比绍的小提琴蟹上觅食。

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