Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and Their Applications

In recent years, there have been major technological innovations allowing important microbial mechanisms and interactions with arthropods that drive carrion decomposition to be described. This book fills a historical information gap in the ecology of decomposing animal organic matter. It covers the molecular mechanistic foundations that provide the foundation for intra- and interspecific interactions related to population biology, community ecology, and how this manifests into habitat- and ecosystem-level importance.