Predator-driven behavioral shifts in a common lizard shape resource-flow from marine to terrestrial ecosystems

We conducted a field experiment to assess foraging niche dynamics of semiarboreal brown anole lizards in the presence/absence of predatory ground-dwelling curly tailed lizards in a replicated set of island ecosystems. Data used in this study includes ecological infomration for the replicated islands of study (i.e. relative arthropod and seaweedabundances) together with phenotypic data of the lizards studied (body mass, size, body condition, as well as behavioral traits describing risk-taking behavior) as well as habitat use data and marine component of diet as a surrogate of the diet of these lizards. One year after experimental translocation, brown anoles exposed to these predators increased perch height and reduced consumption of marine-derived food resources. We also use this dataset to investigate if this foraging niche shift altered marine-to-terrestrial resource-flow dynamics and persisted in the diets of the first-generation offspring. Finally, we also assessed if  lizards that d..., All field data used in this study was collected in Abaco, Bahamas in 2016 and 2017.
Tissue samples collected in the field in 2017 and analyzed in SIA facilities at UC Davis., A detailed code in R is provided from which all analyses can be reproduded. , # Predator-driven behavioral shifts in a common lizard shape resource-flow from marine to terrestrial ecosystems

## Author Information
Corresponding author information:
Name: Oriol Lapiedra
Institution: CREAF
Address: Edifici C, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Email: o.lapiedra(a)creaf.uab.cat

## Date of data collection
2016-2018

## Geographic location of data collection
Abaco island, The Bahamas

## Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data
‘La Caixa’ Junior Leader position under A Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 847648. Fieldwork funded with: Putnam Expedition Grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology and National Geographic Explorer Grant WW-148R-17.

## Abstract
We conducted a field experiment to assess foraging niche dynamics of semiarboreal brown anole lizards in the presence/absence of predatory ground-dwelling curly tailed lizards in a replicated set of island ecosystems. Data used in this study includes ecological...