Johannes Stökl
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Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #BiologyLetters #ecology Image credit: Jacy Lucier
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #BiologyLetters #ecology Image credit: Jacy Lucier
Reposted by Johannes Stökl
After some years in the making, I’m happy to share our new paper on the benefits of care. By breeding 17 carrion beetle species, we show that parental protection and feeding both promote faster offspring growth. Thanks to Anne, Madlen, and all the fantastic coauthors academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Parental care liberates juvenile growth: a common-garden test of the evolutionary benefits of care
Abstract. Effects on juvenile growth have long been considered an important benefit of parental care, but they have rarely been tested empirically. Protect
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November 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
After some years in the making, I’m happy to share our new paper on the benefits of care. By breeding 17 carrion beetle species, we show that parental protection and feeding both promote faster offspring growth. Thanks to Anne, Madlen, and all the fantastic coauthors academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Reposted by Johannes Stökl
New study on the effect of relatedness on larval cooperation in burying beetles: sibs boost growth, strangers boost survival. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!
Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!
Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality | Biology Letters
Theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that relatedness can have complex
effects on social life. While high relatedness may promote sibling cooperation and
altruism through indirect fitness ...
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New study on the effect of relatedness on larval cooperation in burying beetles: sibs boost growth, strangers boost survival. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!
Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!