caa a22 4500 465789048 CHVBK 20180323112018.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01052013 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01052013 Trumbo Stephen Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, North Carolina aut Regulation of brood size in a burying beetle, Nicrophorus tomentosus (Silphidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Trumbo] Regulation of brood size in a biparental burying beetle, Nicrophorus tomentosusWeber, was studied by providing pairs with one of two sizes of mouse carcasses in the laboratory. For a given carcass size, there was an inverse relationship between number and mass offspring in a brood. The requirement for regulation was that brood size was adjusted such that mean mass of individual larvae was constant for carcasses of different size. Brood size was regulated if parents were present but regulation did not occur if parents were removed prior to hatching of larvae. Pairs bred in quick succession on two carcasses raised fewer than the regulated number of young in the second reproductive attempt. Reasons for regulation of brood size in this genus are discussed. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 Nicrophorus nationallicence parental care nationallicence brood size nationallicence reproduction nationallicence Silphidae nationallicence Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/4(1990-07-01), 491-500 0892-7553 3:4<491 1990 3 10905 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052013 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052013 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Trumbo Stephen Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, North Carolina aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/4(1990-07-01), 491-500 0892-7553 3:4<491 1990 3 10905 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer