Juvenile hormone-mediated reproduction in burying beetles: From behavior to physiology

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-490

  Trumbo, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Juvenile hormone; Nicrophorus; Parental care; Reproduction; Silphidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000666817     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)35:4<479::AID-ARCH9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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