How do fighting ability and nest value influence usurpation contests in Polistes wasps?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1377-1385

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Shorter, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Badge of status; Conflict; Conventional signal; Cooperation; Dominance; Eviction; Quality signal

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; FITNESS; NEST SITE; QUEEN; RESOURCE USE; WASP;

ANIMALIA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 67650435852     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0764-z     Document Type: Article

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