Nestmate recognition in burying beetles: The "breeder's badge" as a cue used by females to distinguish their mates from male intruders

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-220

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Burying beetles; Chemical cues; Intraspecific competition; Mate recognition; Nicrophorus; Parental care; Recognition of reproductive status

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEETLE; CHEMICAL CUE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE RECOGNITION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037356457     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.2.212     Document Type: Article

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