Laboratory observation of siblicide with hatching asynchrony in an insect with parental provisioning

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-407

  Ento, Kyoko ^a,c   Araya, Kunio ^a   Kudo, Shin ichi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Gifu World Freshwater Aquarium   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Parental care; Passalidae; Siblicide; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CYLINDROCAULUS PATALIS; HEXAPODA; PASSALIDAE;

EID: 77952430684     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-010-0208-2     Document Type: Article

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