Flexible foraging behavior in the invasive social wasp Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1109-1115

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

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cognition; Memory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEARNING; MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; PARAVESPULA GERMANICA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 77649261834     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0620     Document Type: Article

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