Ecological drivers of carrion beetle (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) diversity on small to large mammals
Ecology and EvolutionSilphinae (Staphylinidae; carrion beetles) are important contributors to the efficient decomposition and recycling of carrion necromass. Their community composition is important for the provision of this ecosystem function and can be affected by abiotic ...
Gwen Buchner, Jörg Müller
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Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias, 2022 Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the main crops in the Andean region and due to environmental aspects, the use of biocontrol agents is considered a safe way to produce potato seed tubers.The objective of the study was to evaluate potato ...
Sergio Eduardo Contreras-Liza +2 more
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Carcasses at Fixed Locations Host a Higher Diversity of Necrophilous Beetles
Insects, 2021 In contrast to other necromass, such as leaves, deadwood, or dung, the drivers of insect biodiversity on carcasses are still incompletely understood.
Christian von Hoermann +5 more
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The discrepancy between fire ant recruitment to and performance on rodent carrion
Scientific Reports, 2022 Ants have not been considered important in the process of vertebrate carrion decomposition, but a recent literature review reported over 150 carrion-visiting ant species.
Constance Lin +2 more
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Insect reproductive behaviors are important mediators of carrion nutrient release into soil
Scientific Reports, 2021 Current declines in terrestrial insect biomass and abundance have raised global concern for the fate of insects and the ecosystem services they provide. However, the ecological and economic contributions of many insects have yet to be quantified. Carrion-
Brooke K. Woelber-Kastner +3 more
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In situ feeding as a new management tool to conserve orphaned Eurasian lynx (lynx lynx)
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 High human‐caused mortality due to wildlife‐vehicle‐collisions and illegal killing leads to frequent cases of orphaned Eurasian lynx juveniles. Under natural conditions, this would result in starvation of the young.
Joe Premier +3 more
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Notes on the Biology of \u3ci\u3eMelanocanthon Nigricornis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Melanocanthon nigricornis was observed to break up, bundle up, roll away, and bury pieces of the cap of a gill mushroom growing in sandy prairie in Wisconsin.
Kriska, Nadine L, Williams, Andrew H
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Current Biology, 2016 In this Quick Guide, Johnson introduces the reader to carrion flowers, which evolved to mimic rotting flesh. This adaptation attracts insects that facilitate pollination.
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White-headed Vultures Trigonoceps occipitalis show visual field characteristics of hunting raptors [PDF]
, 2017 The visual fields of Aegypiinae vultures have been shown to be adapted primarily to meet two key perceptual challenges of their obligate carrion-feeding behaviour: scanning the ground and preventing the sun’s image falling upon the retina.
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An assessment of the antibacterial activity in larval excretion/secretion of four species of insects recorded in association with corpses, using Lucilia sericata Meigen as the marker species [PDF]
, 2010 The relative antibacterial activities of excretion/secretion (ES) from two carrion-feeding insects, Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy and Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, and a detritivore, Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, were compared to that of Lucilia ...
D.E. Gennard +5 more
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