Psyche
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 904604, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/904604
Research Article

Mate Choice and Copulation Frequency in the Burying Beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae): Effect of Male Body Size and Presence of a Rival

Seizi Suzuki

Center for e-Learning Research and Application, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan

Received 30 April 2008; Revised 29 August 2008; Accepted 19 November 2008

Academic Editor: James Traniello

Copyright © 2009 Seizi Suzuki. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Seizi Suzuki, “Mate Choice and Copulation Frequency in the Burying Beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae): Effect of Male Body Size and Presence of a Rival,” Psyche, vol. 2009, Article ID 904604, 4 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/904604