Nestmate recognition in a neotropical polygynous wasp

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Kudo K ^a,b,c   Tsuchida, K ^a   Mateus, S ^b   Zucchi, R ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nestmate recognition; Polybia paulista; Polygyny; Swarm founding wasp

Indexed keywords

COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLYBIA PAULISTA;

EID: 33847635779     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0911-3     Document Type: Article

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