Behavioral Ecology of Burying Beetles

Principal Investigator: Rosemary Smith

Status: active

Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology

Research Areas: Animal Behavior; Biogeochemistry; Climate change; Community ecology; Food web biology; Insect biology; Long-term research; Phenology; Soil/microbial ecology; Species Interactions; Vertebrate biology

Behavioral Ecology of Burying Beetles

Publications (127)

Comparison of reproductive success of in-situ burial verrsus the use of abandoned burrows for carcass interment by <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> (Coleoptera:Silphidae)

Carcass selection in a high altitude population of the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>, (Silphidae)

Supporting advancement in weather and water prediction in the upper Colorado River Basin: The SPLASH campaign

Virtually the Same? Evaluating the Effectiveness of Remote Undergraduate Research Experiences

Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

The value of dihydrogen monoxide to a jumping mouse: habitat use and preference in <i>Zapus princeps</i>.

Phoretic mite discrimination among male burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) hosts

Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

A practical technique for measuring the behavior of foraging animals

The use of rodent burrows by burying beetles, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>: A case of behavioral plasticity

Carcass utilization by two species of carrion beetle

Carrion beetle distribution and effects on larval development and brood size

The natural history and conservation status of <i>Nicrophorus americanus</i> and <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

Multiple-paternity in burying beetles <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

Post-copulatory benefits to male burying beetles, Nicrophorus investigator, and the analysis of sequential reproductive behaviors: why do male beetles perform parental care?

Phoretic mite distributions among the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

Fitness value of oviposition choice in <i>Nicrophorus americanus</i>

Foraging behavior in <i>Bombus</i> spp

Predicting climate-induced shifts in burying beetle distributions: integrating niche partitioning, competition, and thermal performance

Interactions between two carrion beetle species: <i>Nicrophorus americanus</i> and <i>Silpha lapponica</i>

The natural history of bumblebees

A multi-year case study highlighting the influence of hydrological conditions on epidemic dynamics in a natural plant pathosystem

The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

“How Do We Do This at a Distance?!” A Descriptive Study of Remote Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-19

The benefits of being dominant: Health correlates of male social rank and age in a marmot

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Plant size and allocation to reproduction for plant demography

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Chemotypic variation in oshá (<i>Ligusticum porteri</i>) in Colorado, USA

Fitness and hormonal correlates of social and ecological stressors of female yellow-bellied marmots.

Pollen thieving and pollen limitation in gynodioecious <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i> (Polemoniaceae)

Caddisfly Larval growth and Development as Functions of Temperature Fluctuations During Pond Drying.

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

Ontogeny and symmetry of social partner choice among free-living yellow-bellied marmots

Does ant usage vary between the plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>?

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild yellow-bellied marmots: experimental validation, individual differences and ecological correlates

Microsatellite loci in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> (Polemoniaceae) and cross-species applicability for ecological genetics studies

Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency

Resource availability and population dynamics of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>, an obligate carrion breeder

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Location, Structure, and Contents of Burrows of <i>Spermophilus Lateralis</i> and <i>Tamias Minimus</i>, Two Ground Dwelling Sciurids

The effect of feeding supplement on time budgets in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Datasets (2)

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Documents (8)

Beavers and Their Control

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

Wildlife Impacts

Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems

Effect of Keystone Mine Effluent on Colonization of Stream Benthos

Wildlife 2000 Review

Beavers Once Helped Settle America- Now They Unsettle Land Managers

The Beaver's Tale: Out of the Woods and Into Hot Water