Potticary Ahva L, Belk Mark C, Creighton J Curtis, Ito Minobu, Kilner Rebecca, Komdeur Jan, Royle Nick J, Rubenstein Dustin R, Schrader Matthew, Shen Sheng-Feng, Sikes Derek S, Smiseth Per T, Smith Rosemary, Steiger Sandra, Trumbo Stephen T, Moore Allen J
Department of Biology Northern Michigan University Marquette Michigan USA.
Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA.
Ecol Evol. 2024 Aug 20;14(8):e70175. doi: 10.1002/ece3.70175. eCollection 2024 Aug.
Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad questions in species-specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior because an organism's experience of the environment will influence the expression of behavior and the opportunity for selection. Here, we provide a review of the natural history and behavior of burying beetles of the genus to provide the groundwork for comparative work that showcases their remarkable behavioral and ecological diversity. Burying beetles have long fascinated scientists because of their well-developed parenting behavior, exhibiting extended post-hatching care of offspring that varies extensively within and across taxa. Despite the burgeoning success of burying beetles as a model system for the study of behavioral evolution, there has not been a review of their behavior, ecology, and evolution in over 25 years. To address this gap, we leverage a developing community of researchers who have contributed to a detailed knowledge of burying beetles to highlight the utility of for investigating the causes and consequences of social and behavioral evolution.
研究生物学中的基本过程需要有能力将广泛的问题置于特定物种的自然史背景中。在行为研究中尤其如此，因为生物体对环境的体验会影响行为的表达以及选择的机会。在这里，我们综述了埋葬虫属的自然史和行为，为比较研究奠定基础，这些研究展示了它们显著的行为和生态多样性。埋葬虫长期以来一直吸引着科学家，因为它们具有发达的育幼行为，表现出孵化后对后代的长期照料，这种照料在不同分类群内部和之间差异很大。尽管埋葬虫作为行为进化研究的模型系统取得了迅速的成功，但在过去25年多的时间里，还没有对它们的行为、生态和进化进行过综述。为了填补这一空白，我们借助了一个不断发展的研究群体，他们为深入了解埋葬虫做出了贡献，以突出埋葬虫在研究社会和行为进化的原因及后果方面的效用。
