Signalling of hunger by senior and junior larvae in asynchronous broods of a burying beetle

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 699-705

  Smiseth, Per T ^a   Moore, Allen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asynchronous hatching; begging; burying beetle; hunger; Nicrophorus vespilloides; signalling of need

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; HUNGER; LARVA; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 35148841870     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.022     Document Type: Article

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