Niche Variation in Burying Beetles (Nicrophorus spp.) Associated with Marine and Terrestrial Carrion

• Main Authors: Hocking, M. D., Darimont, C. T., Christie, K. S., Reimchen, T. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 2007
• Subjects: Animal Studies; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/bioeopp/1; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine_Christie/publication/233651852_Niche_variation_in_burying_beetles_Nicrophorus_spp_associated_with_marine_and_terrestrial_carrion/links/0f31752e988540f92f000000.pdf

Ecological opportunity can influence niche variation within and among species. Forensic reconstruction of diet has been made possible with the now widespread use of stable isotope analysis, although it has not to date been applied to communities based on carrion resources. Within a salmon-bearing wa...