Queen and worker policing in the tree wasp Dolichovespula sylvestris

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-86

  Wenseleers, T ^a,b   Tofilski, A ^c   Ratnieks, F L W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dolichovespula sylvestris; Reproductive conflict; Social insects; Social policing; Vespinae

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EGG REJECTION; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; WASP; WORKER POLICING;

DOLICHOVESPULA SYLVESTRIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE;

EID: 18044383370     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0892-4     Document Type: Article

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