The role of passive defense (selfish herd and dilution effect) in the gregarious nesting of Liostenogaster wasps (Vespidae, Hymenoptera, Stenogastrinae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-350

  Coster Longman, C ^a   Landi, M ^b   Turillazzi, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Clustering; Encounter dilution effect; Gregariousness; Selfish herd; Stenogastrinae

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LIOSTENOGASTER; LIOSTENOGASTER FLAVOLINEATA; LIOSTENOGASTER VECHTI; STENOGASTRINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036320640     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016213125161     Document Type: Article

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