Stable relatedness structure of the large-colony swarm-founding wasp Polybia paulista

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-35

  Kudô, Kazuyuki ^a   Tsujita, Sumiko ^a   Tsuchida, Koji ^a   Goi, Wakana ^a   Yamane, Sôichi ^b   Mateus, Sidnei ^c   Itô, Yosiaki ^d   Miyano, Shinya ^e   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Nat Hist Mus and Institute Chiba ^*  (Japan)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony size; Epiponini; Polybia paulista; Queen number; Swarm founding wasp

Indexed keywords

MONOGYNY; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; WASP;

EPIPONINI; INSECTA; POLYBIA; POLYBIA PAULISTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18044381780     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0903-5     Document Type: Article

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