Sex‐specific foraging of an apex predator puts females at risk of human–wildlife conflict

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 90; no. 7; pp. 1776 - 1786
• Main Authors: Schultz, Hendrik, Chang, Kevin, Bury, Sarah J., Gaskett, Anne C., Dennis, Todd E., Ismar‐Rebitz, Stefanie M. H., Southey, Ian, Hohnhold, Rebecca J., Millar, Craig D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Agricultural land; agriculture; Animal husbandry; Anthropogenic factors; Apexes; Aquatic birds; Blood; Breeding; brown skua; carbon; case studies; Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi; conservation areas; Culling; Diet; Ecological studies; facultative scavenger; Females; Foraging behavior; Foraging habitats; Global positioning systems; GPS; GPS tracking; Human-environment relationship; human-wildlife relations; Isotopes; Livestock; Males; management; Nature reserves; Nesting; New Zealand; nitrogen; Ovis aries; Pelagodroma; Predators; risk; Scavenging; seabirds; Sex differences; sexual dimorphism; Sheep; Stable isotopes; Stercorariidae; storms; Urbanization; Wildlife; Wildlife habitats; New Zealand; agriculture; stable isotopes; brown skua; seabirds; management; facultative scavenger; GPS tracking; sexual dimorphism

Urbanisation and anthropogenic alteration of ecosystems has led to conflict between humans and wildlife. Such conflict is often observed in apex predators. Although human–wildlife conflict has been extensively studied, male/female differences in behaviour are rarely considered. We investigated male/...