Polistes wasps and their social parasites: An overview

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 531-549

  Cervo, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARMS RACE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENETICS; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WASP;

AVES; HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTINAE;

EID: 33846871500     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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