Burying beetle Nicrophorus investigator reproduction on Pacific salmon carcasses

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-12

  Hocking, M D ^a   Ring, R A ^a   Reimchen, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burying beetles; Communal breeding; Diet; Marine derived nutrients; Nicrophorus investigator; Salmon carcasses; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FAUNA; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS INVESTIGATOR; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; URSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646473284     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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