The energetic costs of stereotyped behavior in the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-302

  Weiner, Susan A ^a   Woods Jr , William A ^a   Starks, Philip T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchies; Energetics; Polistes dominulus; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOENERGETICS; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; REPRODUCTION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 58249096122     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0464-y     Document Type: Article

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