Body Size Evolution in Burying Beetles (Staphylinidae: Silphinae: Nicrophorus) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBody size is an important component of burying beetle (genus Nicrophorus) life history, affecting competitive interactions and resource use. Currently, there is no comprehensive analysis of what drives these differences in size and how body size is ...
Ashlee N. Smith +6 more
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Behavioral dominance interactions between two species of burying beetles (Nicrophorus orbicollis and Nicrophorus pustulatus) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Closely related species with ecological similarity often aggressively compete for a common, limited resource. This competition is usually asymmetric and results in one species being behaviorally dominant over the other.
Yohanna D. Vangenne +2 more
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Examining Personalities and Behavioural Syndromes in the Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783 [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAnimal personality encompasses behavioral traits that can vary between individuals while remaining stable over time for each individual. These traits often correlate with each other and form behavioral syndromes.
Pavol Prokop +3 more
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of a forensically important beetle, Ptomascopus plagiatus (Coleoptera: staphylinidae: silphinae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 Ptomascopus plagiatus (Ménétriés, 1854) is a forensically important silphid species. In this study, we report on the mitochondrial genome of P. plagiatus. The complete mitochondrial genome of P.
Wei Han, Dianxing Feng, Shutong Dai
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Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionInvestigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior because an organism's experience of the environment will influence the ...
Ahva L. Potticary +15 more
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The genome sequence of the Banded Burying beetle, Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824 [version 1; peer review: 3 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a female Nicrophorus investigator (Banded Burying beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Silphidae). The genome sequence is 202.3 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 7 chromosomal pseudomolecules,
Gavin R. Broad +5 more
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Arboreal Burials in Nicrophorus spp. (Coleoptera: Silphidae) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Nicrophorus beetles are well known for interring small vertebrates below ground for the purpose of rearing their young. However, the arboreal use of carrion has not been previously investigated.
Amanda J. Lowe, Randolph F. Lauff
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Neonicotinoid exposure causes behavioral impairment and delayed mortality of the federally threatened American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAmong the most immediate drivers of American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Olivier) declines, nontarget toxicity to pesticides is poorly understood.
Michael C Cavallaro +5 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 In the central plains of North America, the beetle family Silphidae comprised two subfamilies, Silphinae and Nicrophorinae, differentiated by reproductive behaviors.
Carrie J. Pratt +3 more
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Circadian activity predicts breeding phenology in the Asian burying beetle Nicrophorus nepalensis [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceClimate change continues to alter breeding phenology in a range of plant and animal species across the globe. Traditional methods for assessing when organisms reproduce often rely on time-intensive field observations or destructive sampling, creating an ...
Hao Chen +4 more
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