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Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorus Fabricius) Brooding Improves Soil Fertility

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Hoback, W. Wyatt, Freeman, Lexi, Payton, Mark, Peterson, Brian C. (2020): Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorus Fabricius) Brooding Improves Soil Fertility. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (2): 427-433, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.2.427, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-74.2.427

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