Effect of mated condition on dominance interactions and nesting behavior in the social wasp, Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-291

  Downing, Holly A ^a  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; MISCHOCYTTARUS; POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 4344636073     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0310.22.1     Document Type: Article

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