Abundance of wasps and prey consumption of paper wasps (hymenoptera, vespidae: Polistinae) in northland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Kay Clapperton, B ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Asian paper wasp; Australian paper wasp; Biomass; Diet; German wasp; Polistes chinensis antennalis; Polistes humilis; Prey consumption; Vespula germanica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREY SELECTION; WASP;

NEW ZEALAND;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES CHINENSIS; POLISTES HUMILIS; VESPIDAE; VESPULA GERMANICA; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 0344631634     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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