*3.2. Experimentally-Deployed Roe Deer Carcasses*

For mammalian scavengers, the model reduction ended with a model including only the main effect of season with a positive effect of 'winter', implying a longer time to first discovery in winter (Adjusted R<sup>2</sup> = 0.376, *n* = 26, Table 1a; Figure 1). For avian scavengers, the model reduction included only the main effect of treatment with a negative effect of 'not covered', implying a longer time to first discovery of covered kills (R2 = 0.446, *n* = 26, Table 1b, Figure 2).


**Table 1.** Estimates of model (selected by model reduction) explaining discovery time for (a) mammalian and (b) avian scavengers of 26 carcasses with season of placement, treatment (covered vs. not covered (NC)) and their interaction as explanatory variables.

**Figure 2.** Box plots showing the effect of covering video-monitored experimentally-deployed roe deer carcasses on time to discovery (in days) for (**a**) mammalian, and (**b**) avian scavengers in South-Eastern Norway.
