Table 4. Metrics of vertebrate scavenger occurrence, abundance and feeding activity in experimental plots that received fish carcasses (‘carrion’) or were left unaltered (‘control’).

Species	Treatment	Sightings1	Feeding Records2		Max. No. individuals per camera deployment3	Time spent at carcasses4
			n	(%)		mean	max
Torresian Crow
	control	0	1	0%	1	0	0
	treatment	8	75	28%	13	46	281
Silver Gull
	control	1	2	1%	2	1	5
	treatment	9	62	23%	9	22	64
Whistling Kite
	control	1	1	0%	1	0	0
	treatment	8	53	20%	3	14	44
Brahminy Kite
	control	0	0	0%	0	0	0
	treatment	8	23	9%	2	8	24
White-bellied Sea Eagle
	control	0	0	0%	0	0	0
	treatment	8	38	14%	1	4	14
Red Fox
	control	0	0	0%	0	0	0
	treatment	3	5	2%	1	1	5
Lace Monitor
	control	0	0	0%	0	0	0
	treatment	1	5	2%	1	1	6

¹ The number of camera deployments in which a species was sighted (n);

² The number, and proportion, of records where scavengers fed on carrion (n, %);

³ Largest number of individuals seen per deployment site (n);

⁴ Sum of all recorded feeding bouts per 24h of camera deployment (minutes).