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  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem Science
  • Biogeochemistry

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  • Animal biomass decomposition (carrion) is crucial for nutrient and energy cycling in ecosystems.
  • The ecological significance of carrion decomposition is less understood compared to plant decomposition.
  • Quantitative data on carrion biomass and its ecosystem-wide impact are scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the knowledge gap regarding the quantitative contribution of carrion to ecosystem functioning.
  • To present a scalable framework for estimating carrion biomass and its ecological role.
  • To enable comparisons of carrion's contribution across different ecosystems.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a framework to scale up data from individual carcasses.
  • Integration of population metrics with carcass data for biomass estimation.
  • Facilitation of new data generation for quantitative ecological analysis.

Main Results:

  • A novel framework for quantifying carrion's contribution to ecosystem processes.
  • Enables comparison of carrion biomass across diverse ecosystems.
  • Provides a pathway for generating critical data on carrion's role.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework is essential for a quantitative understanding of carrion's impact.
  • Carrion plays a significant role in trophic processes, ecosystem stocks, and nutrient flows.
  • This approach allows for standardized assessment of carrion's ecological significance.