Reconstruction of Ropalidia fasciata nests by progeny females after a typhoon and its significance in the social evolution of wasps

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-87

  Itô, Yosiaki ^a  

^a Okinawa University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bivoltinism; Eusociality; Nest reconstruction; Ropalidia

Indexed keywords

ROPALIDIA FASCIATA; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TYPHOON;

JAPAN, RYUKYU ISLANDS, OKINAWA;

EID: 0029662444     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347822     Document Type: Article

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