Parental distribution of resources in relation to larval hunger and size rank in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 789-796

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUNGER; LARVA; NESTLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE EFFECT;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 46749139137     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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