1 Burying beetle parents adaptively manipulate information broadcast from a microbial community Stephen T. Trumbo 1* , Paula K. B. Philbrick 1 , Johannes Stökl 2 and Sandra Steiger 2 1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Waterbury CT 06702 2. Department of Evolutionary Animal Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany * Corresponding author; email: trumbo@uconn.edu ORCIDs: Trumbo, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-4211; Stökl, https://orcid.org/000- 0002-6471-434X; Steiger, https://orcid.org/0000-0002‐9714‐5665 Keywords: semiochemical, deception, resident advantage, parental care, carrion ecology, microbially-derived volatile organic compounds Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vq83bk3qx Running head: Manipulation of microbial volatiles MS type: Natural History Miscellany Manuscript Copyright The University of Chicago 2020. Preprint (not copyedited or formatted). Please use DOI when citing or quoting. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/712602