Prey supplementation increases productivity in the social wasp Polistes dominulus Christ (Hymenoptera Vespidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-128

  Mead, F ^a   Pratte, M ^b  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Brood decline; Colony development; Polistes; Prey supplementation; Social regulation

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036698411     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2002.9522750     Document Type: Article

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