Nutrition during sexual maturation affects competitive ability but not reproductive productivity in burying beetles

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1350-1357

  Hopwood, Paul E ^a   Moore, Allen J ^a,b   Royle, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental window; Life history; Parental care; Resource holding potential

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MATURATION; NUTRITION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 84887818751     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12137     Document Type: Article

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