Colony cycle of an Australian swarm-founding paper wasp, Ropalidia romandi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-420

  Kojima, J ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

'winter' population; nectar deposition; perennial colony; seasonal reproductive activity; swarm founding

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; ROPALIDIA ROMANDI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030443976     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01258413     Document Type: Article

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