Effects of prey quality on social wasps when given a choice of prey

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Stamp, N E ^a   Meyerhoefer, B ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Iridoid glycoside; Junonia coenia; Lepidoptera; Manduca sexta; Nymphalidae; Polistes fuscatus; Predator prey interaction; Sphingidae; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

COENIA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; JUNONIA; JUNONIA COENIA; LANCEOLATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; NYMPHALIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS; SPHINGIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 1642483441     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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