The result of an arms race: The chemical strategies of Polistes social parasites

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 550-563

  Lorenzi, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BROOD PARASITISM; CHEMICAL CUE; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WASP;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES;

EID: 33846858413     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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