Availability of suitable nest sites as a determinant of the density of nests of Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespinae)

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-57

  Donovan, B J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density; Suitable nest sites; Wasp nests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345620327     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1997.9722671     Document Type: Article

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