Host nest preference and nest choice in the cuckoo paper wasp polistes sulcifer (hymenoptera: vespidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-306

  Cervo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Host nest choice; Host specificity; Obligate social parasitism; Polistes; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

POLISTES SULCIFER;

EID: 0030050578     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213872     Document Type: Article

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