Authors
Esther Sebastián‐González, Jomar Magalhães Barbosa, Juan M Pérez‐García, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Francisco Botella, Pedro P Olea, Patricia Mateo‐Tomás, Marcos Moleón, Fernando Hiraldo, Eneko Arrondo, José A Donázar, Ainara Cortés‐Avizanda, Nuria Selva, Sergio A Lambertucci, Aishwarya Bhattacharjee, Alexis Brewer, José D Anadón, Erin Abernethy, Olin E Rhodes Jr, Kelsey Turner, James C Beasley, Travis L DeVault, Andrés Ordiz, Camilla Wikenros, Barbara Zimmermann, Petter Wabakken, Christopher C Wilmers, Justine A Smith, Corinne J Kendall, Darcy Ogada, Evan R Buechley, Ethan Frehner, Maximilian L Allen, Heiko U Wittmer, James RA Butler, Johan T du Toit, John Read, David Wilson, Klemen Jerina, Miha Krofel, Rich Kostecke, Richard Inger, Arockianathan Samson, Lara Naves‐Alegre, José A Sánchez‐Zapata
Publication date
2019/9
Journal
Global Change Biology
Volume
25
Issue
9
Pages
3005-3017
Description
Understanding the distribution of biodiversity across the Earth is one of the most challenging questions in biology. Much research has been directed at explaining the species latitudinal pattern showing that communities are richer in tropical areas; however, despite decades of research, a general consensus has not yet emerged. In addition, global biodiversity patterns are being rapidly altered by human activities. Here, we aim to describe large‐scale patterns of species richness and diversity in terrestrial vertebrate scavenger (carrion‐consuming) assemblages, which provide key ecosystem functions and services. We used a worldwide dataset comprising 43 sites, where vertebrate scavenger assemblages were identified using 2,485 carcasses monitored between 1991 and 2018. First, we evaluated how scavenger richness (number of species) and diversity (Shannon diversity index) varied among seasons (cold vs …
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