Scavenging on European bison carcasses in Bialowieza Primeval Forest (eastern Poland)

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-311

  Selva, Nuria ^a   Jedrzejewska, Bogumila ^a   Jedrzejewski, Wlodzimierz ^a   Wajrak, Adam ^b  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Gazeta Wyborcza   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bison carcasses; Canis lupus; Carcass utilization; Carrion consumption; Corvus corax; Habitat segregation; Scavengers; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HABITAT; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BONASUS; BUBALUS; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CICONIIFORMES; CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; LETHRINIDAE; MAMMALIA; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PROCYON LOTOR; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0347566006     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682778     Document Type: Article

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