Characteristics of usurped colonies in the subtropical paper wasp, Ropalidia fasciata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Katada, S ^a,b   Iwahashi, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony usurpation; Ropalidia fasciata

Indexed keywords

ROPALIDIA FASCIATA;

EID: 0029853851     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242926     Document Type: Article

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