Carrion Ecology and Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Olea, Pedro P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mateo-Tomás, Patricia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sánchez-Zapata, José Antonio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Wildlife Research Monographs, 2
• Subjects: Wildlife.; Fish.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Biodiversity.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Community & Population Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

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, supp...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction to the Topic of Carrion Ecology and Management. -Part 1 Carrion ecology:Description of the Main Ecological Patterns and Processes Occurring around a Carrion
• Chapter 2 Carrion Availability in Space and Time
• Chapter 3 Invertebrate scavenging communities.-Chapter 4 Vertebrate Scavenging Communities.-Chapter 5 Carrion Decomposition
• Chapter 6 Ecological Functions of Vertebrate Scavenging
• Part 2 Human and Carrion: The Impact of Humans on Carrion Ecology and Management
• Chapter 7 Scavenging and Disease Dynamics
• Chapter 8 Human-Mediated Carrion: Effects on Ecological Processes
• Chapter 9 What Makes Carrion Unsafe for Scavengers? Considerations for Appropriate Regulatory Policies and Sound Management Practices
• Part 3 Methodological Approaches: Description of some Methods Used to Study Carrion Ecology.-Chapter 10 Methods for Monitoring Carrion Decomposition in Aquatic Environs
• Chapter 11 Studying Movement of Avian Scavengers to Understand Carrion Ecology
• Chapter 12 Synthesis.