Queen replacement without gerontocracy in the paper wasp parapolybia indica in temperate japan

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-196

  Suzuki, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paper wasps; Parapolybia; Replacement queens; Reproduction; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

QUEEN; REPLACEMENT; REPRODUCTION; WASP;

JAPAN;

HYMENOPTERA; PARAPOLYBIA; PARAPOLYBIA INDICA; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; POLISTINAE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0043199376     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2003.9522683     Document Type: Article

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