Patterns of buzz running, a pre-swarming behavior, in the Neotropical wasp Parachartergus colobopterus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-456

  Ezenwa, V O ^a,b   Henshaw, M T ^a   Queller, D C ^a   Strassmann, J E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buzzing run; Microsatellites; Parachartergus colobopterus; Parasite dance; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; SOCIAL INSECT; SWARMING; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; PARACHARTERGUS COLOBOPTERUS;

EID: 0031773420     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050100     Document Type: Article

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