Foraging behavior related to habitat characteristics in the invasive wasp Vespula germanica

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-388

  D'adamo, Paola ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental cues; Food exploitation; Invasive species; Re localization; Social wasps; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

VESPIDAE; VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 65249150781     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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