Red Kite Nestling Aggression and Food Provisioning Data

Data and code from a University of Zurich study on aggression networks and food allocation among red kite nestlings. The dataset likely contains day-to-day observations of aggression patterns and food provisioning for growing siblings. The research investigates how changing food availability shapes dynamic aggressive behavior and dominance acquisition.

Use Cases

• Modeling aggression network dynamics based on sibling age differences mentioned in the description
• Analyzing food allocation skew towards older siblings under varying provisioning conditions
• Investigating the relationship between aggression patterns (close-competitor vs. downward heuristic) and catch-up growth in the youngest sibling

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a published research paper with a detailed abstract.
• Data collection employed a null-model-based approach to investigate aggression networks.
• Study focuses on a specific species (Milvus milvus) and life stage (nestlings) for targeted analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Zurich, Benedetta Catitti

Collection Method

Observational study of red kite nestlings, likely involving video or direct observation.