Duration of Protopolybia exigua exigua (de Saussure) nests and related aspects as influenced by phorid fly infestation (vespidae, polistinae, epiponini)

Sociobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Simões, Dércio ^a   Noll, Fernando B ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absconding behavior; Megaselia; Phoridae; Polistinae; Protopolybia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040752037     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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