Functional differences in scavenger communities and the speed of carcass decomposition

Abstract Carcass decomposition largely depends on vertebrate scavengers. However, how behavioral differences between vertebrate scavenger species, the dominance of certain species, and the diversity of the vertebrate scavenger community affect the speed of carcass decomposition is poorly understood....

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Main Authors: Elke Wenting, Salomé C. Y. Rinzema, Frank vanLangevelde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8576