In this ‘Behind the paper’ blog post, author Paul Huber – a PhD student at the University of Bayreuth, Germany – discusses his article “Context-dependent joint buffering of abiotic stress by parental care and sibling interactions“, which was recently published in Functional Ecology. Paul and team tested whether environmental stress increases social interactions in burying beetles. The answer is complex: it depends on who’s present, … Continue reading Paul Huber | Better together: Do siblings help each other cope with environmental stress?