Late-life and intergenerational effects of larval exposure to microbial competitors in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1205-1216

  McLean, A H C ^a,c   Arce, A N ^a   Smiseth, P T ^b   Rozen, D E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microbial competition; Nicrophorus vespilloides; Parental care; Parental effects; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84901479647     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12394     Document Type: Article

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