Physiological ecology of nest construction and protein flow in pre-emergence colonies of polistes chinensis (hymenoptera vespidae): Effects of rainfall and microclimates

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-183

  Kudo K ^a,b   Yamane, Sô ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nest construction; Oral secretion; Polistes chinensis; Protein flow; Rains; Social wasp

Indexed keywords

POLISTES CHINENSIS;

EID: 0031790940     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522865     Document Type: Article

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