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Adaptive significance of brood care of Copris diversus Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Marina Tyndale-Biscoe
Marina Tyndale-Biscoe
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Entomology, G.P.O. Box 1700, Canberra, A. C. T. 2601, Australia
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Abstract

Brood care in Copris diversus Waterh. enhanced survival of progeny. Reallocation of dung from brood balls with no live progeny to brood balls containing live progeny was. a typical behaviour pattern in this species and resulted in fewer, larger brood balls. The advantage of this behaviour is that larger brood balls produced larger progeny, which in turn produced a greater number of offspring.

Type
Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , September 1984 , pp. 453 - 461
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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