The function of dart behavior in the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 220-223

  Sumana, A ^a   Starks, Philip T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOMINANCE; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WASPS;

POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2942705944     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0527-7     Document Type: Article

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