Parental care enhances reproductive success without remodeling the carcass microbiome in a wild burying beetle
Wei‐Jiun Lin, Chi-Heng Hsieh, Syuan‐Jyun Sun
The paper shows parental care in burying beetles boosts reproductive success without significantly altering carcass or larval gut microbiomes.
bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2026 · PreprintEcology