Organization and regulation of nest construction behavior in Metapolybia wasps

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-140

  Karsai, Istvan ^a,c   Wenzel, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Building behavior; Organization; Regulation; Social wasp; Specialization

Indexed keywords

METAPOLYBIA;

EID: 0034115047     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007771727503     Document Type: Article

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