Concaveation and Maintenance of Maternal Behavior in a Burrower Bug (Sehirus cinctus): A Comparative Perspective

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Kight, Scott L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030093808     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.1.69     Document Type: Review

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