Invertebrate scavenger data from Tasmanian devil scavenging experiment 2023

We collected data to assess how disease-induced declines of an apex scavenger, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), affected carrion use by invertebrate scavengers. We manipulated devil access to pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) carcasses across a gradient of devil density from east to west Tasmania and measured carcass use by invertebrates. We used trap capture rates to estimate abundance of adult and larval carrion beetles (Ptomaphila lacrymosa) and blow fly larvae (Calliphoridae).