Division of labour in colony defence against vertebrate predators by the social wasp Polistes fuscatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-61

  Judd, Timothy M ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COLONY; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL INSECT;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033824593     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1449     Document Type: Article

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