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dc.contributor.authorRietz, Janine
dc.contributor.authorIschebeck, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorConraths, Franz J.
dc.contributor.authorProbst, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorZedrosser, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorFiderer, Christian
dc.contributor.authorReckel, Frank
dc.contributor.authorvon Hoermann, Christian
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorHeurich, Marco Dietmar
dc.coverage.spatialGermanyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T14:04:06Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T14:04:06Z
dc.date.created2024-07-05T13:19:26Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Environmental Management. 2024, 365 .en_US
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3171201
dc.description.abstractVertebrate scavengers provide essential ecosystem services such as accelerating carrion decomposition by consuming carcasses, exposing tissues to microbial and invertebrate decomposers, and recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. Some scavengers do not consume carcasses on site but rather scatter their remains in the surroundings, which might have important implications for nutrient transport, forensic investigations and the spread of diseases such as African Swine Fever. However, only a few studies have investigated and measured the scatter distances. Using wild boar (Sus scrofa) carcasses and limbs, we monitored scavenging behavior and measured scatter distances of mammals. We placed 20 carcasses (up to 25 kg) and 21 separate limbs equipped with very high frequency (VHF) transmitters and monitored scavenger activity using camera traps in a mountainous region in southeast Germany. Except for one carcass, all other carcasses and limbs were scattered. We measured 72 scatter distances (of 89 scattering events; mean = 232 m, maximum = 1250 m), of which 75% were dispersed up to 407 m. Scavengers moved scattered pieces into denser vegetation compared to the half-open vegetation at provisioning sites. Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were the most common scavenger species, contributing to 72 scattering events (58 measured scatter distances). Our results provide evidence of scatter distances farther than previously assumed and have far-reaching implications for disease management or forensic investigations, as the broader surroundings of carcasses must be included in search efforts to remove infectious material or relevant body parts for forensic analysis.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectcarcassen_US
dc.subjectcarrion removalen_US
dc.subjectforensicsen_US
dc.subjectscattering distancesen_US
dc.subjectvertebrate scavengersen_US
dc.subjectwildlife diseasesen_US
dc.titleScavenger-induced scattering of wild boar carcasses over large distances and its implications for disease managementen_US
dc.title.alternativeScavenger-induced scattering of wild boar carcasses over large distances and its implications for disease managementen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder0301-4797/© 2024 The Author(s).en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.source.pagenumber13en_US
dc.source.volume365en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Environmental Managementen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121554
dc.identifier.cristin2281325
dc.source.articlenumber121554en_US
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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