Defending young biparentally: Female risk-taking with and without a male in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1717-1723

  Trumbo, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood defense; Cooperation; Infanticide; Parental care; Parental effort

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BROOD DESERTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; PARENTAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS PUSTULATUS;

EID: 34547665632     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0403-5     Document Type: Article

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