Foraging risk in scavenging ecology: A study of scavenger behavior and patterns of bacterial growth

Foraging risk in scavenging ecology: A study of scavenger behavior and patterns of bacterial growth

Scavenging constitutes an understudied energy pathway in terrestrial ecosystems, with important connections to disease ecology. A prevailing null hypothesis in scavenging ecology is that carcasses serve as a risk-free meal for whatever animal first encounters them on the landscape. We tested this hy...

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Main Authors: Zachary H. Olson, Christina Torlone, Cameron M. Russell, Casey A. Wood, James F. Welch, Kristin M. Burkholder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Basic and Applied Ecology
Subjects:
Carcass
Context-dependent
Decomposition
Facultative scavenging
Microbe
Pathogen
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179122000275

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