Size and colony cycle in polistes satan, a neotropical paper wasp (Hymenoptera Vespidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-119

  Tannure Nascimento, I C ^a   Nascimento, F S ^a   Zucchi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Polistes; Polistinae; Reproductive differences; Seasonal variation; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EUSOCIALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; POLISTES SATAN; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 23044485892     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2005.9522601     Document Type: Article

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