Too Fresh Is Unattractive! The Attraction of Newly Emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides Females to Odour Bouquets of Large Cadavers at Various Stages of Decomposition

The necrophagous burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides reproduces on small carcasses that are buried underground to serve as food for their offspring. Cadavers that are too large to bury have previously been postulated to be important food sources for newly emerged beetles; however, the attractive...

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Autores principales: von Hoermann, Christian, Steiger, Sandra, Müller, Josef K., Ayasse, Manfred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058524

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058524

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