Founding swarms in a tropical social wasp: Adult mortality, emigration distance, and swarm size

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-452

  Bouwma, Andrew M ^a   Bouwma, Peter E ^b   Nordheim, Erik V ^a   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absconding; Mortality; Polybia; Social insects; Swarm emigration; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POLYBIA; POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0042231968     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024836327936     Document Type: Article

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