Sizing up the competition: Do burying beetles weigh or measure their opponents?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-297

  Safryn, Sandra A ^a   Scott, Michelle Pellissier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Burying beetles; Intraspecific competition; Nicrophorus; Resource holding potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034130080     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007700601095     Document Type: Article

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