Dominance hierarchy among workers changes with colony development in Polistes japonicus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) paper wasp colonies with a small number of workers

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-475

  Ishikawa, Y ^a   Yamada, Y Y ^a   Matsuura, M ^a   Tsukada, M ^a   Tsuchida, K ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Emergence order; Polistella; Polistinae; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLONY; DOMINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES JAPONICUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 77957757396     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0106-1     Document Type: Article

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