Large home range scavengers support higher rates of carcass removal
C. Gutierrez-Canovas, M. Moleon, P. Mateo-Tomas, P. P. Olea, E. Sebastian-Gonzalez, J. A. Sanchez-Zapata
The paper tests hypotheses about carrion consumption rates in scavenger communities and finds that large home range species drive higher removal rates, supporting the functional identity hypothesis.
bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2020Ecology