The behavior and natural history of Chartergellus, a little-known genus of neotropical social wasps (Vespidae Polistinae Epiponini)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-343

  Chavarria Pizarro L ^a,c   West Eberhard, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aggressive displays; caste determination; communication; egg guarding; nest architecture; reproductive groundplan hypothesis; sexual dimorphism; social selection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CASTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORPHOLOGY; NEST STRUCTURE; OVIPOSITION; SEASONALITY; SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WASP;

COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA;

EPIPONINI; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 78650120973     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2010.510035     Document Type: Article

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