An alternative strategy for maintenance of eusociality after nest destruction: New nest construction in a primitively eusocial wasp

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Kumano, N ^a,b   Kasuya, E ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Nesting biology; New nest construction; Paper wasps; Queen regulation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EUSOCIALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NEST PREDATION; PHEROMONE; PREDATOR; QUEEN; WASP;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTES CHINENSIS;

EID: 33745148652     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0850-9     Document Type: Article

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