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Data for "No evidence for ecological partitioning by resource size in Nicrophorus beetles in southeastern Ontario, Canada"

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To assess whether burying beetles partition resources by size, we experimentally tested Nicrophorus breeding across a range of small carcass sizes (1-15g) in southeastern Ontario, Canada.

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We found that N. sayi and N. orbicollis used smaller carcasses despite reduced breeding likelihood, while N. defodiens was not observed, suggesting carcass size does not explain its persistence. See the abstract of the paper for more information.

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