Interactive effects of obligate scavengers and scavenger community richness on lagomorph carcass consumption patterns

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 881-885

  Sebastián González, Esther ^a,b,e   Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio ^a   Donázar, José Antonio ^b   Selva, Nuria ^c   Cortés Avizanda, Ainara ^b   Hiraldo, Fernando ^b   Blázquez, Miguel ^a   Botella, Francisco ^a   Moleón, Marcos ^a,d  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrion; Community structure; Consumption time; Detection time; Lepus spp.; Nestedness; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Small carcass; Vulture

Indexed keywords

CARRION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LAGOMORPH; NESTEDNESS; SCAVENGER; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884356904     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12079     Document Type: Article

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