The ecology of parental care in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst
<I>Nicrophorus vespilloides</I> Herbst (Coleoptera; Silphidae) bury the carcasses of small vertebrates which provide food for their developing larvae. The use of such a valuable, yet rare and ephemeral resource has led to the evolution of a complex and variable social system that ranges...
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University of Edinburgh
1995
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641687 |