The comparative biology of two sympatric paper wasps in Michigan, the native Polistes fuscatus and the invasive Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Gamboa, G J ^a   Noble, M A ^a   Thom, M C ^a   Togal, J L ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Murphy, B D ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Paper wasps; Polistes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARASITISM; PRODUCTIVITY; SYMPATRY;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS; POLISTINAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; STREPSIPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0345886066     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0721-1     Document Type: Article

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