Altitudinal distribution and body resource allocation in a high mountain social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Rodríguez Jimenez, Andrea ^a   Sarmiento, Carlos E ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Colombia ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Agelaia; Altitudinal gradient; Bergmann's rule; Jame's rule; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; WASPS;

AGELAIA; AGELAIA PALLIPES; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 41749099689     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2008000100001     Document Type: Article

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