Seasonal Patterns of Resource Use Within Natural Populations of Burying Beetles
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70429
Abstract: ABSTRACT For organisms in temperate environments, seasonal variation in resource availability and weather conditions exert fluctuating selection pressures on survival and fitness, resulting in diverse adaptive responses. By manipulating resource availability on a local spatial… read more here.
Keywords: resource; resource use; seasonal patterns; patterns resource ... See more keywords
A dynamic state variable model suggests a stronger effect of age than individual energetic state on reproductive allocation in burying beetles
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-024-03495-y
Abstract: Evolutionary fitness is determined by how an organism allocates energy, or other limited resources, to reproduction during its lifetime. For iteroparous organisms, two alternative patterns of lifetime reproductive allocation are terminal investment and reproductive restraint.… read more here.
Keywords: reproductive allocation; terminal investment; allocation; state ... See more keywords
Volatiles Emitted by Calling Males of Burying Beetles and Ptomascopus morio (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae) Are Biogenetically Related
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0892-2
Abstract: In burying beetles, Nicrophorus spp. (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae) mate finding is mediated by male produced volatile compounds. To date, pheromone components of only two species have been identified. In an attempt to better understand the… read more here.
Keywords: volatiles emitted; burying beetles; emitted calling; coleoptera silphidae ... See more keywords
Coordination, Cooperation, and Conflict Between Caring Parents in Burying Beetles
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00397
Abstract: Much of our current understanding of coordination, cooperation and conflict between male and female parents caring for their joint offspring derives from studies conducted on birds. However, biparental care is not unique to birds but… read more here.
Keywords: coordination; burying beetles; coordination cooperation; cooperation conflict ... See more keywords
New MacrochelePratums species (Acari, Mesostigmata, Macrochelidae) associated with burying beetles (Silphidae, Nicrophorus) in North America
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.721.21747
Abstract: Abstract Burying beetles (Silphidae, Nicrophorus) are hosts to a broad diversity of mites (Acari), including several species of Macrocheles Latreille, 1829 (Mesostigmata, Macrochelidae). The macrochelid fauna associated with silphids primarily in North America was surveyed;… read more here.
Keywords: burying beetles; mesostigmata macrochelidae; new macrochelepratums; silphidae nicrophorus ... See more keywords
Behavioral dominance interactions between Nicrophorus orbicollis and N. tomentosus burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10797
Abstract: Asymmetric interference competition, where one species is behaviorally dominant over another, appears widespread in nature with the potential to structure ecological communities through trade-offs between competitive dominance and environmental tolerance. The details of how species… read more here.
Keywords: behavioral dominance; tomentosus; burying beetles; beetles coleoptera ... See more keywords
Ecological divergence of burying beetles into the forest canopy
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5829
Abstract: Closely related species with overlapping geographic ranges encounter a significant challenge: they share many ecological traits and preferences but must partition resources to coexist. In Ontario, potentially eleven species of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) live… read more here.
Keywords: ground; burying beetles; carrion; forest canopy ... See more keywords