The timing of conflict and cooperation among cofoundresses of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-74

  Gamboa, George J ^a   Stump, Katherine A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES FUSCATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0029668132     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-009     Document Type: Article

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