Alternative nesting strategies in ammophila urnaria (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Kurczewski, F E ^a   Spofford, M G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative nesting strategies; Ammophila; Brood parasitism; Cleptoparasitism; Podalonia

Indexed keywords

AMMOPHILA URNARIA;

EID: 0031888902     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770051     Document Type: Article

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