Josef K. Mu¨ller; Eggert, Anne-Katrin; Elsner, Tobias - In: Behavioral Ecology 14 (2003) 2, pp. 212-220
Burying beetles use small vertebrate carcasses as food for their larvae and defend these carcasses against intra- and … investigated the cues involved in discrimination between breeding partners and intruders by female burying beetles. We found that … presence does not require contact with a female or with larvae. Female recognition of their male partners in burying beetles …