The effect of juvenile hormone on temporal polyethism in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Shorter, J R ^a   Tibbetts, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral physiology; Colony organization; Division of labor; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; HORMONE; JUVENILE; POLYETHISM; REPRODUCTION; WASP;

APIS; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 60149101524     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-1026-1     Document Type: Article

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