Interspecific occupation of a tropical social wasp colony (Hymenoptera: Vespidae:Polistes)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 397-400

  O'Donnell, Sean ^a   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; dominance interactions; nest architecture; Polistes canadensis; Polistes instabilis; social parasitism; usurpation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010036949     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: 15728889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01048286     Document Type: Article

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