Nest provisioning in the mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron laetum (F. Smith): Body mass and taxa specific prey selection by

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-159

  Elgar, Mark A ^a   Jebb, Matthew ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Christensen Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

^c National Botanic Gardens   (Ireland)

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EID: 0040318658     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501252     Document Type: Article

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