Asynchronous hatching in burying beetles: a test of the peak load reduction hypothesis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 519-524

  Smiseth, Per T ^a,b   Morgan, Kate ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

begging; brood demand; burying beetle; hatching asynchrony; Nicrophorus vespilloides; parental care

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 58349087952     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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