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