Dynamics of colony development in Polistes dominulus a modeling approach

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-105

  Karsai, István ^a   Pénzes, Zsolt ^a   Wenzel, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony development; Dynamics; Feedback; Model; Paper wasps

Indexed keywords

POLISTES DOMINULUS; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

BROOD PRODUCTION; COLONY DEVELOPMENT MODEL; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; PAPER WASP;

EID: 0029659266     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050271     Document Type: Article

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