Host shift by the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus, a parasitoid of snake eggs

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2389-2399

  Smith, G ^a,e   Trumbo, S T ^b   Sikes, D S ^c   Scott, M P ^d   Smith, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e Kent School   (United States)

Author keywords

Burying beetle; Conservation; Elaphe; Juvenile hormone; Lamprophis; Mites; Nicrophorus; Parasitoid; Pheromone; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD SIZE; EGG PARASITOID; EGG SIZE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MITE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MICE; OVUM; PHEROMONES; SNAKES; TURTLES;

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; ELAPHE; LAMPROPHIS; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS DEFODIENS; NICROPHORUS ORBICOLLIS; NICROPHORUS PUSTULATUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35448934986     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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