Autumnal helpers of Polistes dominulus represent a distinct behavioural phenotype

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 423-430

  Cini, Alessandro ^a   Dapporto, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS;

EID: 77956598480     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0603     Document Type: Article

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