Timing of oviposition and reproductive skew in cobreeding female burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 357-366

  Eggert, Anne Katrin ^a,b   Müller, Josef K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burying beetles; Cannibalism; Communal breeding; Infanticide; Kin recognition; Nicrophorus; Parental care; Reproductive competition; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0033920482     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.4.357     Document Type: Article

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