On status badges and quality signals in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: Body size, facial colour patterns and hierarchical rank

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1639, 2008, Pages 1189-1196

  Cervo, R ^a   Dapporto, L ^a   Beani, L ^a   Strassmann, J E ^b   Turillazzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Dominance hierarchy; Polistes wasps; Status badges; Strepsiptera; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; DOMINANCE; ENDOPARASITE; FIGHTING; SIGNALING; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPARASITE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEALTH STATUS; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; POLISTES DOMINULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SPRING; SURVIVAL; WASP; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 41649095714     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1779     Document Type: Article

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