Nest recognition in neighboring colonies: A comparison of two European species of Polistes wasps (P. dominulus and P. nimphus, Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-68

  Lorenzi, M C ^a   Caprio, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neighboring colonies; Nest recognition; Polistes dominulus; Polistes nimphus; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES NIMPHUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034531798     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101640070001     Document Type: Article

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