A dead giveaway: Foraging vultures and other avian scavengers respond to auditory cues

A dead giveaway: Foraging vultures and other avian scavengers respond to auditory cues

Abstract Carrion represents an unpredictable and widely distributed primary food source for vultures and other avian scavengers. Avian scavengers in African savanna ecosystems are reported to rely exclusively on visual stimuli to locate carcasses. However, carnivores’ predation of large mammalian he...

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Main Authors: Craig R. Jackson, Thomas Maddox, Franco P. Mbise, Bård G. Stokke, Jerrold L. Belant, Kjetil Bevanger, Sarah M. Durant, Robert Fyumagwa, Peter S. Ranke, Eivin Røskaft, Roel May, Frode Fossøy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
birds of prey
carrion
optimal foraging
raptors
scavengers
sensory cues
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6366

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6366

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