Super-scavengers: Vertebrates outperform invertebrates and microbes at removing carrion from a tropical forest

Scavenging by vertebrates is an important ecosystem service as they are known to remove carrion more efficiently than other taxa. How long would carrion persist bereft of vertebrate scavengers? Our study addresses this question in a forested landscape, by comparing carrion utilization by vertebrate...

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Main Authors: Bhavya Iyer, Sutirtha Dutta, Qamar Qureshi, Yadvendradev V. Jhala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425003798
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