Abdominal wagging in the social paper wasp Polistes dominulus: Behavior and substrate vibrations

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 692-702

  Brennan, Bernard J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE; WASP;

POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 34347262450     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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