Data limitations
We acknowledge the limitations of our dataset, including a reduced
sampling effort in 2022 and the challenges of linking correlative data
to causal mechanisms. These limitations stem largely from the difficulty
of achieving consistent replication at the species level across multiple
years. Studying animal behaviour in situ is inherently challenging due
to the complex, variable nature of animal behaviours, where the
unpredictability of both the species and the environment introduces
considerable variability. Additionally, multi-year studies on behaviour
are rare, as they require substantial resources and time commitment to
track populations over extended periods. While these limitations
restrict our ability to conduct species-level analyses of behaviour,
this dataset remains one of the only multi-year assessments of behaviour
across a species assemblage. As such it provides rare insights into
natural behaviour that would be difficult to obtain through
laboratory-based studies alone.
See Supporting information for a breakdown of sample effort and
detectability rates.