Effects of different habitats on the productivity of the native paper wasp Polistes fuscatus and the invasive, exotic paper wasp P. dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 170-176

  Gamboa, George J ^a   Austin, Julie A ^a   Monnet, Kimberley M ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES FUSCATUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33845256620     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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