Parental care and offspring survival in Pterostichus anthracinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae): An experimental study

Parental care in which females attend their offspring is recorded in over 30 species of ground beetles. Despite this, there is no quantitative data on the fate of the offspring when the mother is experimentally removed. This paper investigates parental care in Pterostichus anthracinus (Coleoptera: C...

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Main Authors: Felix N. KOLESNIKOV, Arevik N. KARAMYAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2019-02-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201901-0004_parental_care_and_offspring_survival_in_pterostichus_anthracinus_coleoptera_carabidae_an_experimental_stud.php