Invertebrate scavenger data from Tasmanian devil scavenging experiment 2023

Savannah Lynn Bartel; Laurel Lynch; Torrey Stephenson; Menna E Jones; Michael S Strickland; Andrew Storfer; David W Crowder

doi:10.6073/pasta/656e593cf084f404d037d267d3df717f

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Invertebrate scavenger data from Tasmanian devil scavenging experiment 2023

Savannah Lynn Bartel, Laurel Lynch, Torrey Stephenson, Menna E Jones, Michael S Strickland, Andrew Storfer and David W Crowder

Environmental Data Initiative

07/18/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/656e593cf084f404d037d267d3df717f

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Abstract

We collected data to assess how disease-induced declines of an apex scavenger, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), affected carrion use by invertebrate scavengers. We manipulated devil access to pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) carcasses across a gradient of devil density from east to west Tasmania and measured carcass use by invertebrates. We used trap capture rates to estimate abundance of adult and larval carrion beetles (Ptomaphila lacrymosa) and blow fly larvae (Calliphoridae).

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Title: Invertebrate scavenger data from Tasmanian devil scavenging experiment 2023
Creators: Savannah Lynn Bartel - Washington State University
Laurel Lynch - University of Idaho, Soil and Water Systems
Torrey Stephenson - University of Idaho
Menna E Jones - University of Tasmania
Michael S Strickland - University of Idaho, Soil and Water Systems
Andrew Storfer - Washington State University
David W Crowder - Washington State University
Publisher: Environmental Data Initiative
Identifiers: 996815384501851
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Academic Unit: Soil and Water Systems; Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem
Language: English
Resource Type: Dataset