How Pastoral Are Pastoral Landscapes? Scavenger Assemblage Structure in Human‐Dominated Landscapes: A Case Study From Mediterranean Pastures [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPastoralism is one of the most common land uses worldwide and has been a fundamental part of Mediterranean ecosystems for thousands of years. We aimed to investigate how this land use influences carrion ecology and species interactions among mammalian ...
Ori Shapira +3 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Multi-kingdom community complexity and the chemically mediated dynamics between bacteria and insects have recently received increased attention in carrion research.
Christian von Hoermann +10 more
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Carrion ecology modelling for vulture conservation: are vulture restaurants needed to sustain the densest breeding population of theAfrican white‐backed vulture? [PDF]
Animal Conservation, 2015 As obligate scavengers, vultures are entirely dependent on carrion resources. In this study we model the carrion ecology of an ecosystem in Swaziland which is home to the densest breeding population of the African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus ...
Adam Kane +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Mechanisms of carrion insect succession have been interpreted separately from interspecific interactions between early and later colonists or from changes in volatile organic compounds perceived by insects resulting from the progression of decomposition.
Minobu Ito +2 more
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Carrion Increases Landscape‐Scale Scavenger Activity and Interactions [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCarrion is a nutrient‐rich but spatiotemporally unpredictable resource that supports diverse trophic interactions, and its consumption plays a key role in energy recycling within ecosystems.
Patrick B. Finnerty +6 more
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The phylogeny and evolution of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from the perspective of mitogenomics [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Calliphoridae (Diptera: Calyptratae), known as blow flies, are widespread insects of great veterinary, ecological, and forensic importance. Among the most familiar insects to humans, however, the classification and taxonomic composition have ...
Xiaofang Huang +3 more
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Decomposition Dynamics of an Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) Carcass in a Tropical Forest: Implications for Conservation Practices [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionOver the past decade, more than 600 rehabilitated Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) have been released into protected forests in Borneo. Releasing rehabilitant Bornean Orangutans into the wild is a standard conservation practice, yet monitoring ...
Sui P. Heon +2 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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Monitoring the dead as an ecosystem indicator
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Dead animal biomass (carrion) is present in all terrestrial ecosystems, and its consumption, decomposition, and dispersal can have measurable effects on vertebrates, invertebrates, microbes, parasites, plants, and soil.
Thomas M. Newsome +6 more
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Behavioral dominance interactions between two species of burying beetles (Nicrophorus orbicollis and Nicrophorus pustulatus) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Closely related species with ecological similarity often aggressively compete for a common, limited resource. This competition is usually asymmetric and results in one species being behaviorally dominant over the other.
Yohanna D. Vangenne +2 more
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