Is there a cost to larval begging in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1111-1115

  Smiseth, Per T ^a   Parker, Hannah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Begging; Burying beetles; Cost free signaling; Parent offspring conflict; Signaling cost; Signaling of need

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 56449095178     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn101     Document Type: Article

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