Daily foraging activities and changes of allocation pattern of proteinaceous resources in pre-emergence laboratory foundresses of Polistes chinensis (Hymenoptera; Vespidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 243-257

  Kudô, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foundresses; Nest construction; Oral secretion; Polistes chinensis; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES CHINENSIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036005436     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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