Mating success in the polyandrous social wasp Vespula maculifrons

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-350

  Kovacs, Jennifer L ^a   Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b   Goodisman, Michael A D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HEXAPODA; VESPULA MACULIFRONS;

EID: 40849085415     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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