Effect of Carcass Size on Feeding Modes of Larvae of Nicrophorus quadripunctatus Kraatz (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

In the parental care of burying beetles of Nicrophorus, the role of males has not been clearly elucidated. To test our hypothesis that the investment in resource manipulation by males influences the feeding of larvae by males, we investigated parental efforts of N. quadripunctatus. On the small carc...

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Main Authors: Ryu Kishida, Nobuhiko Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/206318
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