Behaviour in usurpers and late joiners of Polistes biglumis bimaculatus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-266

  Cervo, R ^a   Lorenzi, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

brood destruction; intraspecific nest usurpation; Polistes; reproductive success; usurper behaviour

Indexed keywords

POLISTES BIGLUMIS;

EID: 0029951220     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242927     Document Type: Article

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