@article{4f4220f40c7c4bc89990aab977fa6972,
title = "Heterospecific Foraging Associations Between Reef-Associated Sharks: First Evidence of Kleptoparasitism in Sharks",
abstract = "Social predation allows groups of predators to search for, pursue, and capture prey with greater efficiency than using solitary hunting. During ~3,000 hours of underwater observations of nocturnal shark foraging activity, we report for the first time a heterospecific association between two shark species, with the nature of the interaction ranging from commensalism to kleptoparasitism and mutualism. These foraging associations with whitetip reef sharks offer grey reef sharks the opportunity to access different types of prey and increase their predation success. These findings add more evidence that heterospecific social associations may exist across animal groups including large marine predators.",
keywords = "Social predation, shark, heterospecific, Foraging, reef shark, Kleptoparasitism, whitetip reef sharks, grey reef sharks, marine predators",
author = "Pierre Labourgade and Laurent Ballesta and Charlie Huveneers and Yannis Papastamatiou and Johann Mourier",
note = "These photographs illustrate the article “Heterospecific foraging associations between reef-associated sharks: first evidence of kleptoparasitism in sharks” by Pierre Labourgade, Laurent Ballesta, Charlie Huveneers, Yannis Papastamatiou, and Johann Mourier published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3117.",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/BES2.1755",
language = "English",
volume = "101",
pages = "1--4",
journal = " Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America",
issn = "2327-6096",
publisher = "Ecological Society of America",
number = "4",
}