Factors affecting behavioral interactions among sap-attracted insects

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-209

  Yoshimoto, J ^a   Nishida, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coexistence; Competitor avoidance; Dominance hierarchy; Interference competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIGHTING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH DYNAMICS; SECRETION; WASP;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; JAPONICA; NYMPHALIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; VESPA; VESPA ANALIS; VESPA CRABRO; VESPA MANDARINIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 63749101826     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0203     Document Type: Article

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