Prehibernating aggregations of Polistes dominulus: An occasion to study early dominance assessment in social insects

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Dapporto, Leonardo ^a   Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Cini, Alessandro ^a   Turillazzi, Stefano ^b  

^a Centro Interdipartimentale   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Biol Animale e Genetica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING; HIBERNATION; INSECT; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPRING; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 33745478220     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0104-3     Document Type: Article

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