Antimicrobial strategies in burying beetles breeding on carrion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 17890-17895

  Rozen, D E ^a   Engelmoer, D J P ^a   Smiseth, P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal microbe interactions; Parental care; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BEETLES; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; LARVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56649089801     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805403105     Document Type: Article

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