Behavior of the primitively social wasp montezumia cortesioides willink (Vespidae Eumeninae) and the origins of vespid sociality

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-215

  West Eberhard, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Displacement activity; Group life; Intranidal prey theft; Mating behavior; Monandry; Mutualism; Progressive provisioning; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

EUMENINAE; INSECTA; POLISTINAE; STENOGASTRINAE; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE;

EID: 32644453518     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2005.9522592     Document Type: Article

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