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ZOOTAXA65Trumbo, S.T. (1990b) Reproductive benefits of infanticide in a biparental burying beetle Nicrophorusorbicollis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 27(4), 269-273. (biology, behavior) [fromabstract: “Use of a genetic marker demonstrated that male and female intruders obtainedreproductive benefits from infanticide.”] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1990c) Reproductive success, phenology and biogeography of burying beetles (Silphidae,Nicrophorus). American Midland Naturalist, 124(1), 1-11. (biology, behavior) [N.orbicollis & N. tomentosus common on mice, but N. pustulatus not; “Compared with earlierstudies in northern habitats of North America, burying beetles are less abundant, less diverseand not as successful in southeastern woodlands.”] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1990d) Regulation of brood size in a burying beetle, Nicrophorus tomentosus (Silphidae).Journal of Insect Behavior, 3(4), 491-500. (biology, behavior) [!N, S]Trumbo, S.T. (1991) Reproductive benefits and the duration of paternal care in a biparental buryingbeetle, Necrophorus orbicollis. Behaviour, 117(1-2), 82-105. (biology, behavior) [fromabstract: “ It was estimated that N. orbicollis males received four times the reproductive benefiton large (27-33 g) as opposed to small carcasses (10-18 g) in the field. “] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1992) Monogamy to communal breeding: Exploitation of a broad resource base byburying beetles (Nicrophorus). Ecological Entomology, 17(3), 289-298. (biology, behavior)[from abstract: “N. orbicollis and N. sayi are extremely dependent on parental regurgitationsand young fail to survive to the second instar if parents are removed. Young of N.defodiens, N.tomentosus and N. pustulatus can develop normally without parental regurgitations.”] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1994) Interspecific competition, brood parasitism, and the evolution of biparentalcooperation in burying beetles. Oikos, 69(2), 241-249. (biology, behavior) [A female willaccept heterospecific young that arrive on the carcass at the 'expected' time, but will eat larvaethat arrive > 20 h before her own eggs hatch.] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1995) Nesting failure in burying beetles and the origin of communal associations.Evolutionary Ecology, 9(2), 125-130. (biology, behavior) [N. defodiens more tolerant of communalbreeding than N. orbicollis.] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1996a) Parental care in invertebrates. Advances in the Study of Behavior, 25, 3-51.(biology, behavior) [Detailed overview of research on care in inverterbates: Prime Movers ofCare, Physiology of Care, Parental Care Theory, Uniparental vs Biparental care.] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1996b) The role of conflict in breeding systems: burying beetles as experimentalorganisms. American Biology Teacher, 58, 118-121. (methods, biology, behavior) [Good introto Nicrophorus trapping methods, observation methods, & conflict of interest in Nicrophorus.][!S]Trumbo, S.T. (1997) Juvenile hormone-mediated reproduction in burying beetles: From behavior tophysiology. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 35(4), 479-490. (Conference:biology, behavior, physiology) [Association of JH [] with behavior.] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. & Bloch, P.L. (2000) Habitat fragmentation and burying beetles abundance and success.Journal of Insect Conservation, 4, 245-252. (biology, ecology, conservation) [!S]Trumbo, S.T., Borst, D.W., & Robinson, G.E. (1995) Rapid elevation of juvenile hormone titer duringbehavioral assessment of the breeding resource by the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis.Journal of Insect Physiology, 41(6), 535-543. (biology, behavior, physiology) [JH surge infemales not triggered by mating or feeding cues.] [!S]Trumbo, S.T. & Eggert, A.-K. (1994) Beyond monogamy: Territory quality influences sexualadvertisement in male burying beetles. Animal Behaviour, 48(5), 1043-1047. (biology, ecology,behavior) [Male N. defodiens assess both resource quality & mate number when decidingwhether to emit pheromone after securing a carcass.] [!S]296 © 2002 Magnolia PressSIKES ET AL.