Resource availability and population dynamics of Nicrophorus investigator, an obligate carrion breeder

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-180

  Smith, Rosemary J ^a,b   Merrick, Melissa J ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicrophorus; Population dynamics; Reproductive ecology; Resource availability; Small mammal abundance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CARRION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CRICETINAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS MONTANUS; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS INVESTIGATOR; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SILPHIDAE; TAMIAS MINIMUS; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES; VERTEBRATA; ZAPUS PRINCEPS;

EID: 0035027878     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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