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Donghui Ma

University of GroningenORCID 0000-0002-7712-7718Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Jan KomdeuriD· 2 shared Long MaiD· 2 shared Maaike A. VersteeghiD· 1 shared

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2024-2025 · peak 1/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionInsect SciencePeer-reviewedJun 24, 2025

Ecological and social factors lead to variation in parental care between sexes in a burying beetle

Donghui Ma, Long Ma, Jan Komdeur

This study investigates how ecological and social factors influence sex-specific parental care in burying beetles, finding that females increase care on small carcasses and both sexes adjust care in response to competition.

DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.70094

behavioral assayexperimental assay

Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 6, 2024

Sociality shapes the adaptive response of breeders to harsh thermal environments? An experiment in a burying beetle

Donghui Ma, Long Ma, Maaike A. Versteegh, Jan Komdeur

This study examines how social conditions and temperature affect reproductive success and offspring performance in burying beetles under controlled experimental conditions.

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