1. Ecologists have traditionally focused on herbivore carcasses as study models in scavenging research. However, some observations of scavengers avoiding feeding on carnivore carrion suggest that diff
We studied whether the carcass detection and consumption, hence carcass decomposition speed, by facultative avian and mammalian scavengers varies with tree cover in areas without vultures. Fresh mamma
Recent advances in the ecology of food webs underscore the importance of detritus and indirect predator–prey effects. However, most research considers detritus as an invariable pool and predation as t
Rural abandonment and subsequent vegetation regeneration (‘passive rewilding’) are expected to increase worldwide, producing cascades of dynamic socioeconomic, landscape and biological changes. Althou
