Biomass Flow and Scavengers Use of Carcasses after Re-Colonization of an Apex Predator

Abstract

Conclusions/Significance: Wolves reduced the seasonal variation of biomass from moose carcasses and most important increased it during spring. Scavengers also visited wolf kills most frequently during spring when most scavenging species have young, which may lead to an increase in survival and/or reproductive success of scavengers within wolf territories. This applies both for abundant scavenging species that were the most frequent visitors at wolf kills and threatened scavengers with lower visit frequency.

Published in

PLoS ONE
2013, volume: 8, number: 10, article number: e77373
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

SLU Authors

• Wikenros, Camilla

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Sand, Håkan

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ahlqvist, Per

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Liberg, Olof

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG3 Good health and well-being

UKÄ Subject classification

Zoology
Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077373

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/54680