Data and code for "Navigating the risks and rewards of scavenging in multi-predator, human-impacted landscapes"

This repository contains data and code accompanying the paper: CX Cunningham, R Windell, LC Satterfield, AJ Wirsing, TM Newsome, TR Ganz, LR Prugh (2025) Navigating the risks and rewards of scavenging in multi-predator, human-impacted landscapes. Ecology
The folder contains two analysis scripts:
R script for main analysis ("WPPP scavenging analysis.R")R script containing custom functions used throughout the analysis ("Functions for WPPP scavenging analysis.And four data files that are read my the main R script:
Carcass persistence times ("carcassPersistenceData.csv"),Daily index of scavenging activity ("dailyScavengingIndex.csv"),Independent observations of species based on a 30-min period of independence ("independent_obs.csv"), andVigilance of mesopredators ("meso_vigilance.csv")