Life history plasticity magnifies the ecological effects of a social wasp invasion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 12809-12813

  Wilson, Erin E ^a   Mullen, Lynne M ^b   Holway, David A ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FAUNA; INSECT SOCIETY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMNIVORY; ORGANISM COLONY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INVASION; UNITED STATES; VESPULA PENSYLVANICA; WASP; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ARTHROPODA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA PENSYLVANICA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; WASPS;

EID: 69149088204     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902979106     Document Type: Article

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