Initiation of absconding-swarm emigration in the social wasp Polybia occidentalis

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sonnentag, Peter J ^a   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Behavior; Contagion; Costa Rica; Dispersal; House hunting; Tropical wasp

Indexed keywords

POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FLYING; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; WASP;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 67649550431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.1101     Document Type: Article

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