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Burying beetle habitat reproduction experiment (Silphidae)
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Description
Field experiment comparing reproductive success of burying beetle species across habitat types using breeding pairs, mouse carcasses, and environmental monitoring. Measures burial success, development timing, and offspring production.
Typical Equipment
- temperature sensors
- soil moisture sensors
- data loggers
- mouse carcasses
- field enclosures
- weighing equipment
Output Measurements
- burial success rates
- time to burial
- adult emergence timing
- larval counts
- larval weights
- mortality rates
Papers Using This Protocol (22)
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Out of sight, out of mind: The role of carcass burial and maintenance in reducing competition in Nicrophorus investigator
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The Fate of Burying Beetles and their Carcasses: Hardships, Competition and Environmental Factors
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Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures
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Plant Bioassay Testing Soil Quality Following Carrion Insect Activity
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The Impact of Carrion Insects on Human Impacted Soil
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Abundance and elevational range shifts of three species of burying beetle in Gunnison County, Colorado and importance of stridulation during reproduction in burying beetles
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Stridulation in <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration
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Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigator’s Reproductive Success
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Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigator’s Reproductive Success
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Native ant (<i>Formica rufa, Formica fusca</i>), <i>Nicrophorus spp.</i> interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.
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Habitat Selection in Nicrophoryus investigator and defodiens.
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Roles of Stridulation in Nicophorus investigator.
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Reproductive Success and Parental Care of Nicrophorus investigator.
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Nicrophorus investigator: The Effects of Asymmetry in Body Size on the Duration of Bi-parental Care.
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The effect of habitat on intra-generic competition
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The effects of parental care on brood success and quality in the burying beetle <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>
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Frenemies: conflict and cooperation in burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) parental care
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Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator
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Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator
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Seasonal reproductive potential and iteroparity of the burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
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Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>
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