Dataset
Scavenger assemblages and scavenging rates in north Queensland and Victoria, Australia
University of the Sunshine Coast
2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4227/39/55f6533bef07d
Abstract
This data was collected to test whether ecological function, measured as scavenging rates, is affected by differences in species pools across a continental scale. We placed fish carcasses at the beach-dune interface of 12 beaches in north Queensland, and 13 beaches in Victoria, which were monitored by motion-triggered cameras to record scavengers and quantify the detection and removal of carrion. The data includes:
1. Scavenger assemblages, calculated as the aggregated species incidence per beach;
2. Beach characteristics, including natural metrics such as dune width, as well as metrics related to human interference such as distance to nearest buildings;
3. Scavenging rates: for each deployment whether a carcass was detected and removed;
4. Scavenging efficiency: for each deployment, time in minutes until a carcass was detected and removed;
5. Bird occurrence, calculated from Birdlife data, in 5 blocks of 50 km coastline in each region.
The results of these data are published in "Functional replacement across species pools of vertebrate scavengers separated a a continental scale maintains an ecosystem function" in the journal Functional Ecology in 2015.
Details
- Title
- Scavenger assemblages and scavenging rates in north Queensland and Victoria, Australia
- Authors
- Chantal M Huijbers (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringThomas Schlacher (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringRosemary McVeigh (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringDavid S Schoeman (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringAndrew D Olds (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringMarion Brown (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringKasun B Ekanayake (Data Collector) - Deakin UniversityMichael A Weston (Data Collector) - Deakin UniversityRod M Connolly (Data Collector) - Griffith University
- Format
- Microsoft Excel; 59KB
- Location
- Location: Victoria and Far North Queensland, Australia
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date collected
- 01-Mar-2013–30-Apr-2013
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.4227/39/55f6533bef07d
- Copyright note
- © 2015 University of the Sunshine Coast. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; GeneCology Research Centre - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449228502621
- Output Type
- Dataset