Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae).

ABSTRACT: Investigating 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 expression of behavior and the opportunity for selection. Here, we provide a review of the natural history and behavior of burying beetles of the genus Nicrophorus to provide the groundwork for comparative work that showcases their remarkable behavioral and ecological diversity. Burying beetles have long fascinated scientists because of their well-developed parenting behavior, exhibiting extended post-hatching care of offspring that varies extensively within and across taxa. Despite the burgeoning success of burying beetles as a model

SUBMITTER: Potticary AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336061 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature