The ecology and behavior of burying beetles
MP Scott - Annual review of entomology, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Burying beetles conceal small vertebrate carcasses underground and prepare
them for consumption by their young. This review places their complex social behavior in an …
them for consumption by their young. This review places their complex social behavior in an …
Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae)
AL Potticary, MC Belk, JC Creighton, M Ito… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad
questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior …
questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior …
Parental care improves offspring survival and growth in burying beetles
AK EGGERT, M REINKING, JK MÜLLER - Animal Behaviour, 1998 - Elsevier
Burying beetles (genusNicrophorus) provide elaborate parental care to their offspring.
Parental beetles defend a small vertebrate carcass, which constitutes the sole food source …
Parental beetles defend a small vertebrate carcass, which constitutes the sole food source …
Horn polyphenism in the beetle Onthophagus taurus: larval diet quality and plasticity in parental investment determine adult body size and male horn morphology
AP Moczek - Behavioral Ecology, 1998 - academic.oup.com
In a wide range of taxa, individuals are able to express strikingly different morphologies in
response to environmental conditions encountered during development. Such …
response to environmental conditions encountered during development. Such …
From facultative to obligatory parental care: interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles
Studies on the evolution of parental care have focused primarily on the costs and benefits of
parental care and the life-history attributes that favour it. However, once care evolves …
parental care and the life-history attributes that favour it. However, once care evolves …
Parental care in invertebrates
ST Trumbo - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 1996 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Ecological and physiological analyses of invertebrate parental care
need to be integrated. This chapter reviews the physiological and behavioral mechanisms …
need to be integrated. This chapter reviews the physiological and behavioral mechanisms …
Habitat fragmentation and burying beetle abundance and success
Four species of burying beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus F., N. tomentosus Weber, N.
orbicollis Say and N. defodiens Mannerheim) are attracted to small, fresh mouse carcasses …
orbicollis Say and N. defodiens Mannerheim) are attracted to small, fresh mouse carcasses …
Egg dum** in insects
DW Tallamy - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Females that place eggs under the care of conspecifics have been labeled egg
dumpers. Egg dum** is an effective reproductive alternative that lowers risks for, and has …
dumpers. Egg dum** is an effective reproductive alternative that lowers risks for, and has …
A Review of Hypotheses of Decline of the Endangered American Burying Beetle (Silphidae: Nicrophorus americanus Olivier)
DS Sikes, CJ Raithel - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2002 - Springer
The largest species of North American Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Silphidae), N. americanus,
was placed on the US federal list of endangered species in 1989. This paper reviews …
was placed on the US federal list of endangered species in 1989. This paper reviews …
Egg survival is reduced by grave-soil microbes in the carrion beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides
Background Nicrophorus vespilloides eggs are deposited into the soil in close proximity to
the decomposing vertebrate carcasses that these insects use as an obligate resource to rear …
the decomposing vertebrate carcasses that these insects use as an obligate resource to rear …