Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Blaalid, Rakel"
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Directed endozoochorous dispersal by scavengers facilitate sexual reproduction in otherwise clonal plants at cadaver sites
Arnberg, Mie Prik; Frank, Shane; Blaalid, Rakel; Davey, Marie Louise; Eycott, Amy Elizabeth; Steyaert, Sam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)1. The regeneration niche of many plant species involves spatially and temporally unpredictable disturbances, called recruitment windows of opportunity. However, even species with clear dispersal adaptations such as fleshy ... -
Fear the reaper: ungulate carcasses may generate an ephemeral landscape of fear for rodents
Frank, Shane C.; Blaalid, Rakel; Mayer, Martin; Zedrosser, Andreas; Steyaert, Sam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Animal carcasses provide an ephemeral pulse of nutrients for scavengers that use them. Carcass sites can increase species interactions and/or ephemeral, localized landscapes of fear for prey within the vicinity. Few studies ... -
Reindeer carcasses provide foraging habitat for insectivorous birds of the alpine tundra
Badia, Rudy; Steyaert, Sam; Puliti, Stefano; Blaalid, Rakel; Frank, Shane C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)On August of 2016, almost an entire herd (n = 323) of wild tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) was killed by lightning on Hardangervidda in southern Norway. While conducting fieldwork for another study in 2017, we ...