TY - BOOK ID - 138559163 TI - Ecology of Predation and Scavenging and the Interface PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - caching KW - Capreolus capreolus KW - carrion KW - Eurasian lynx KW - Lynx lynx KW - Norway KW - predation KW - roe deer KW - scavenging KW - decomposition KW - nitrogen KW - nutrient recycling KW - trophic cascade KW - apex predators KW - bear KW - interspecific interactions KW - moose KW - wolf KW - birds of prey KW - foraging KW - predators KW - scavengers KW - vision KW - carcass KW - confrontational scavenging KW - disease risk KW - facultative scavenger KW - landscape of peril KW - marine ecosystems KW - parasite risk KW - predator risk KW - terrestrial ecosystems KW - anthropogenic food KW - diet KW - urban habitats KW - ecological functions KW - carnivorous KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138559163 AB - Predation and scavenging are pervasive ecological interactions in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. The ecology, evolution and conservation of predators and scavengers have received wide scientific attention and public awareness. However, the close connection that exists between predation and scavenging has not been emphasized until very recently. The recognition that carnivorous animals may obtain meat by either hunting prey or scavenging their carcasses has profound implications from individual behavior to population, community and ecosystem levels. However, many relevant questions still remain unexplored. This book deals with some of these questions, with the final aim to definitively dismiss the traditional view that predation and scavenging are disconnected ecological processes. This compendium of science may help to inspire ecologists, evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, epidemiologists, forensic scientists, anatomists, and, of course, conservation biologists in their stimulating and promising endeavor of achieving a more comprehensive understanding of carnivory in a rapidly changing world. ER -