The scavenging behaviour of the Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides): Patterns and influencing factors

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Volumn 46, Issue , 2010, Pages 133-148

  O'Brien, R Christopher ^a   Larcombe, Alexander ^b   Meyer, Jan ^a   Forbes, Shari L ^c   Dadour, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Detrivorous species; Necrophagy; Taphonomy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CORVIDA; CORVUS CORONOIDES; HEXAPODA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 79953858106     PISSN: 02317796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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