EcologybioRxivPreprint
Mutualistic interactions with phoretic mites Poecilochirus carabi expand the realised thermal niche of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides
Syuan-Jyun Sun, Rebecca M. Kilner
This study shows that phoretic mites expand the thermal niche of burying beetles by reducing competition with blowflies, allowing beetles to reproduce across a wider temperature range.
DOI 10.1101/590125