Influence of Adult Size ofOnthophagus gazella1on Manure Pat Degradation, Nest Construction, and Progeny Size
作者:
J. Marshall Lee,
Ying-Shin Peng,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 5
页码: 626-630
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1093/ee/10.5.626
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Brood ball size and weight, manure burial rate, and offspring size ofOnthophagus gazella(F.) were demonstrated to increase as the size of the parent beetles increased. Adult size, in turn, reflected the quantity of provisions in the brood ball in which a beetle developed, regardless of the size of its parents. Also, under present experimental conditions, the sizes of the offspring from extremely large and small parents differed significantly from parental sizes, indicating a trend toward a medium size. The role of beetle size in dung ecology is discussed.
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