Reproductive potential and division of labor in wasps: Are queen and worker behavior alternative strategies?

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-308

  O'Donnell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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VESPIDAE;

EID: 0001118947     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522921     Document Type: Article

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