Intra-specific body size variation in Polistes paper wasps as a response to social parasite pressure

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-359

  Ortolani, Irene ^a   Cervo, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Co evolution; Nest usurpation; Polistes; Social parasitism; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WASP;

AVES; HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTINAE;

EID: 77953653408     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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