Comparison of reproductive success of in-situ burial versus the use of abandoned burrows for carcass interment by Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 148-154

  Smith, Rosemary J ^a,b   Bonilla, Martha ^b   Calahan, Cortney ^b   Mann, Jay ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BURROW; CARRION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS INVESTIGATOR; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0034445258     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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