Carrion Ecology and Management
Olea, Pedro P. / Sánchez-Zapata, José Antonio / Mateo-Tomás, Patricia![Carrion Ecology and Management](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/319/31957514/CHSBZCOP0331957514.jpg)
Carrion, or dead animal matter, is an inherent component of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, and is exploited by a wide diversity of organisms from different trophic levels, including microbes, arthropods and vertebrates. Further, carrion consumption by scavengers, i.e. scavenging, supports key ecosystem functions and services such as recycling nutrients and energy, disposing of carcasses and regulating disease spread. Yet, unlike...