【作者单位】1Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China;Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China;2Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China;Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Education, School of Ecology and Environment, Tibet University, Lhasa, 850000, China;3Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China;4Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China;Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Education, School of Ecology and Environment, Tibet University, Lhasa, 850000, China;Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
【摘要】 Vultures are the only obligate scavengers among extant vertebrates. They provide valuable ecological services in ecosystems through removing carcasses, thus preventing the growth of other scavenger populations and the spread of pathogens. Moreover, t...