The use of landmarks to define territorial boundaries

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-91

  Eason, Perri K ^a   Cobbs, Gary A ^a   Trinca, Kristin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; TERRITORIALITY; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

CICADA; HYMENOPTERA; SPHECIDAE; SPHECIUS SPECIOSUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032774723     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1133     Document Type: Article

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