2024
DOI: 10.1111/een.13370
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Functional redundancy in carrion decomposition by temperate forest ant communities

Angela Salido,
Joaquín L. Reyes‐López,
Deseada Parejo
et al.

Abstract: Scavenging of small avian corpses may provide ants with a valuable source of nutrients, a possibility poorly studied. Here, we assessed whether ants are efficient carrion‐decomposers of avian corpses in Mediterranean dehesas through an exclusion experiment comparing decomposition rates among three treatments: vertebrate exclusion, vertebrate + invertebrate exclusion and control. Treatments were applied in a paired design in bird cavities and on the ground in two zones to assess functional redundancy. Ant commu… Show more

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