Costs of delayed dispersal and alloparental care in the fungus-cultivating ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (Scolytinae: Curculionidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1753-1761

  Biedermann, Peter H W ^a,b   Klepzig, Kier D ^b   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Capital breeding; Cooperative breeding; Fungus gardening; Resource allocation; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BARK; BEETLE; BODY CONDITION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FUNGUS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AMBROSIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PLATYPODINI; SCOLYTINAE; XYLEBORUS AFFINIS;

EID: 80051793954     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1183-5     Document Type: Article

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