Niche differentiation of burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae) in carcass use in relation to body size: Estimation from stable isotope analysis

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 561-564

  Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Kubota, Kohei ^a   Kagaya, Takashi ^a   Abe, Toshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Body length; Nicrophorus; Ptomascopus

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORINAE; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS CONCOLOR; NICROPHORUS MONTIVAGUS; PTOMASCOPUS; PTOMASCOPUS MORIO; SILPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847258447     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.561     Document Type: Article

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