Defensive behavior of colonies of the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, against vertebrate predators over the colony cycle

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-208

  Judd, T M ^a,b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Life history; Polistes; Social behavior; Vertebrate predator

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR; PAPER WASP; REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES FUSCATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031866698     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050080     Document Type: Article

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