Effects of carcass size and male presence on clutch size in Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Nagano, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Seizi ^b  

^a Echigo Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brood failure; Clutch size; Iteroparity; Male presence

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS QUADRIPUNCTATUS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 34548252822     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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