Effect of soil hardness on aggression in the solitary wasp Mellinus arvensis

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 457-466

  Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alternative nesting strategies; Body size; Digger wasp; Evolution of sociality; Geographic variation; Nesting behaviour; Soil hardness; Sphecidae; Usurpation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; HARDNESS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOIL PROPERTY; WASP;

EID: 0034784318     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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