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Carrion insects living within the bones of large mammals: insect conservation and forensic entomology implications
Succession patterns of carrion insects on large mammal’s carrion has been widely studied, notably to estimate the post-mortem interval in forensic...
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Soil chemical properties associated with penguin carrion in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica
Carrion decomposition has a significant impact on soil chemical profiles. However, soil nutrient research associated with animal carcasses in...
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Leakage of Nutrients Into The Soil Due to Carrion Decomposition Can Enhance Plant Growth
Carrion decomposition has potentially far-reaching effects on nutrient cycles. Recent studies have demonstrated changes in soil-nutrient dynamics and...
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Arthropods, nematodes, fungi, and bacteria associated with penguin carrion in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica
Carrion decomposition contributes to the soil microbial community structure. This research aimed to identify the soil arthropod, nematode, bacterial,...
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Drop** of apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) by carrion crows (Corvus corone)
Several species of birds deliberately drop hard food items, such as walnuts and molluscs, from high places to break the shell and eat the content....
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Factors influencing carrion communities are only partially consistent with those of deadwood necromass
Research on decomposer communities has traditionally focused on plant litter or deadwood. Even though carrion forms highly nutrient-rich necromass...
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Competitive interactions with dominant carnivores affect carrion acquisition of striped hyena in a semi-arid landscape of Rajasthan, India
Scavenging of carrion is an important ecological process that influences ecological communities and food webs. The competitive inter- and...
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Large-Scale Quantification and Correlates of Ungulate Carrion Production in the Anthropocene
Carrion production is one of the most crucial yet neglected and understudied processes in food webs and ecosystems. In this study, we performed a...
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Effects of meteorological conditions on brood care in cooperatively breeding carrion crow and consequences on reproductive success
Meteorological stressors (e.g., temperature and rain shortage) constrain brood provisioning in some bird species, but the consequences on...
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Insect abundance patterns on vertebrate remains reveal carrion resource quality variation
Resource quality is a key driver of species abundance and community structure. Carrion is unique among resources due to its high nutritional quality,...
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Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition
Land-use intensification and climate change threaten ecosystem functions. A fundamental, yet often overlooked, function is decomposition of...
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Carrion Ecology
Detritus is the term for any source of non-living organic matter and is the basal trophic stage of most food webs, believed to be produced from...
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Acari community in association with delayed pig carrion decomposition
Acari community structure and function associated with delayed pig carrion decomposition has not been examined. In this study, 18 swine carcasses...
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Effects on carrion consumption in a mammalian scavenger community when dominant species are excluded
Carrion is a valuable resource exploited not only by obligate scavengers but also by a wide variety of facultative scavengers. These species provide...
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Molecular identification of blowfly species (diptera: calliphoridae) and beetles (coleopterans) of forensic importance associated with pig (sus scrofa) carrion in Nigeria
Blowflies and beetles are among the invertebrate species that are attracted to dead bodies and can provide valid evidence in cases of murder or...
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Are you better than me? Social comparisons in carrion crows (Corvus corone)
Comparing oneself to others is a key process in humans that allows individuals to gauge their performances and abilities and thus develop and...
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Heat production in a feeding matrix formed on carrion by communally breeding beetles
Insects regulate their body temperature mostly behaviourally, by changing posture or microhabitat. Usually they use heat that is already present in...
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Association between social factors and gastrointestinal parasite product excretion in a group of non-cooperatively breeding carrion crows
AbstractIn group-living animals, the social environment is thought to affect the probability of parasite transmission. Here, I investigate...
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Benthic scavenger community composition and carrion removal in Arctic and Subarctic fjords
In high latitude coastal regions, benthic scavenger communities are largely composed of invertebrates that play a key role in the cycling of organic...
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Macrohabitat associations and phenology of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
AbstractAs decomposers of vertebrate carcasses, carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Leiodidae: Cholevinae) play a significant role in the...
