Rank and colony defense against conspecifics in a facultatively eusocial hover wasp

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-336

  Cronin, Adam L ^a   Field, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defense; Inheritance; Queue; Rank; Wasp

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CONSPECIFIC; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; INSECT; NEST GUARDING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; LIOSTENOGASTER FLAVOLINEATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847631279     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl091     Document Type: Article

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