Distribution of foundress group size in Ropalidia fasciata and R. plebeiana (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): An analysis using zero-truncated distribution models

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-7

  Itô, Yosiaki ^a   Yamane, Sôichi ^b   Tsuchida, Koji ^c  

^a Ibaraki University ^*  (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foundress group size; Polistinae; Ropalidia; Truncated negative binomial; Truncated Poisson

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; POLISTINAE; ROPALIDIA; ROPALIDIA FASCIATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036065511     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0046-y     Document Type: Article

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