EcologyEcology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Phoretic mites as benign passengers: no influence on mate choice in the burying beetle Nicrophorus nepalensis
Brendan Lan, Tanzil Gaffar Malik, Mu‐Tzu Tsai…·Syuan‐Jyun Sun
The paper tests if phoretic mites influence mate choice in burying beetles, finding no effect on female preference or offspring fitness.