Keyword

carrion beetles

Description: A group of beetles, especially those in the family Silphidae, associated with carrion and studied in ecology and biodiversity research.

Primary topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (44%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q303626

OpenAlex ID: keywords/silphidae

Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Dung and Carrion Beetle Communities in Central Amazonia

1989 · Bert C. Klein · Ecology · 637

Initial Study of Arthropod Succession on Pig Carrion in a Central European Urban Habitat

2004 · M. Grassberger, C. Frank · Journal of Medical Entomology · 304

Biparental care and social evolution in burying beetles: lessons from the larder

2010 · Anne-Katrin Eggert, Josef Karl Müller · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 298

A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil

2000 · LML Carvalho, PJ Thyssen, et al. · Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 292

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An initial study of insect succession and carrion decomposition in various forest habitats of Central Europe

2008 · Szymon Matuszewski, Daria Bajerlein, et al. · Forensic Science International · 211

Insect succession and decomposition patterns on shaded and sunlit carrion in Saskatchewan in three different seasons

2008 · Barbara J. Sharanowski, Ernest G. Walker, et al. · Forensic Science International · 210

Antifreeze proteins in Alaskan insects and spiders

2004 · J.G. Duman, V. Bennett, et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 181

Die Feinstruktur von Riechsensillen auf der Antenne des Aask�fers Necrophorus (Coleoptera)

1969 · Klaus-Dieter Ernst · Cell and Tissue Research · 180

Effect of body mass and clothing on decomposition of pig carcasses

2014 · Szymon Matuszewski, Szymon Konwerski, et al. · International Journal of Legal Medicine · 175

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Habitat Fragmentation and Arthropod Community Change: Carrion Beetles, Phoretic Mites, and Flies

2001 · James P. Gibbs, Edward J. Stanton · Ecological Applications · 168

Dung and carrion beetles in tropical rain forest fragments and agricultural habitats at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

1998 · Alejandro Estrada, Rosamond Coates-Estrada, et al. · Journal of Tropical Ecology · 166

Irresistible bouquet of death—how are burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorus) attracted by carcasses

2009 · B. Kalinová, H. Podskalská, et al. · Die Naturwissenschaften · 160

Elektrophysiologische Untersuchungen an einzelnen Geruchsrezeptoren auf den Antennen des Totengr�bers (Necrophorus, Coleoptera)

1962 · J�rgen Boeckh · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 160

Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification

2012 · Hiroshi Ikeda, Masaaki Nishikawa, et al. · Nature Communications · 159

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Time-dependent shifts between infanticidal and parental behavior in female burying beetles a mechanism of indirect mother-offspring recognition

1990 · J.K. M�ller, Anne-Katrin Eggert · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 158

Burying beetles: intraspecific interactions and reproductive success in the field

1984 · DAVID SLOAN WILSON, JULIE FUDGE · Ecological Entomology · 157

Insect succession and carrion decomposition in selected forests of Central Europe. Part 1: Pattern and rate of decomposition

2009 · Szymon Matuszewski, Daria Bajerlein, et al. · Forensic Science International · 155

Behavioural and ecological correlates of male and female parental care and reproductive success in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.)

1990 · Michelle Pellissier Scott, James F.A. Traniello · Animal Behaviour · 152

The response of some rain forest insect groups to logging and conversion to plantation

1992 · J. D. Holloway, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 148

Rapid Recovery of Dung Beetle Communities Following Habitat Fragmentation in Central Amazonia

2005 · Ingrid Quintero, Tomas Roslin · Ecology · 147

Spring Succession of Necrophilous Insects on Wildlife Carcasses in Louisiana

2003 · E. J. Watson, C. E. Carlton · Journal of Medical Entomology · 146

Continental Insect Borings in Dinosaur Bone: Examples From the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar and Utah

2007 · ERIC M. ROBERTS, RAYMOND R. ROGERS, et al. · Journal of Paleontology · 144

Interference competition among burying beetles (Silphidae, Nicrophorus )

1990 · STEPHEN T. TRUMBO · Ecological Entomology · 143

Adaptive indirect effects: the fitness of burying beetles with and without their phoretic mites

1987 · David Sloan Wilson, W. G. Knollenberg · Evolutionary Ecology · 143

Resource partitioning in the carrion beetle (Coleoptera:Silphidae) fauna of southern Ontario: ecological and evolutionary considerations

1982 · Robert S. Anderson · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 136

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Citation count: 17,710