Worker policing in the European hornet Vespa crabro

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-44

  Foster, K R ^a,c   Gulliver, J ^b   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hornets; Reproductive conflict; Vespa crabro; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VESPA; VESPA CRABRO; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036220751     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8277-z     Document Type: Article

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