A method to reconstruct anguilliform fishes from partially digested items |
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Authors: | François Brischoux Xavier Bonnet Margot De Crignis |
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Affiliation: | 1.Centre d’études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS,Villiers en Bois,France;2.Université Fran?ois Rabelais,Tours, Cedex 1,France |
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Abstract: | Estimating the amounts of resources consumed by individuals is important in many studies. For predators, allometric relationships can be used to extrapolate the size of preys from undigested remains found in the stomach and in the faeces. However, such equations are available for a limited number of species. Based on a large sample size gathered in New Caledonia on both predators (sea kraits) and their preys (anguilliform fishes), we provide the first allometric relationships that allow estimating accurately the mass and the size of various anguilliform fish species. |
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