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Table 1 Species documented on gut piles (N = 50) from moose harvest in Central Norway in 2012–2014

From: Scavenging on a pulsed resource: quality matters for corvids but density for mammals

Speciesa

Latin name

% visited

Days present

Max no. ind.

Birds

 Magpie

Pica pica

100

10.9 (7.1)

3 (1–12)

 Eurasian jay

Garrulus glandarius

90 (82–96)

7.6 (7.9)

1 (1–5)

 Hooded crow

Corvus cornix

90 (82–94)

5.2 (3.2)

8 (1–27)

 Raven

Corvus corax

70 (55–81)

2.8 (2.1)

3 (1–16)

 Siberian jay

Perisoreus infaustus

10 (6–18)

2.6 (0.9)

1 (1–2)

 White-tailed eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

20 (17–27)

2.6 (2.3)

1 (1–2)

 Golden eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

16 (9–27)

1.4 (0.5)

1 (1–2)

 Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

6 (0–19)

2.3 (1.3)

1

Mammals

 Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

68 (45–78)

4.0 (2.6)

1 (1–3)

 Badger

Meles meles

40 (35–55)

4.4 (3.5)

1 (1–2)

 Pine marten

Martes martes

24 (6–35)

7.5 (4.9)

1 (1–2)

 Domestic cat

Felis catus

6 (0–13)

9.0 (4.6)

1

  1. Proportion of gut piles visited (% visited) is presented with all years pooled and range for the different years, while numbers of days with visits per gut pile (days present) is presented as mean (±SD) and daily maximum number of individuals recorded at one time (Max no. ind) as the median and range (min–max)
  2. aArctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), American mink (Nivea vision) and domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) were registered scavenging on one gut pile each