Interspecific adoption of orphaned nests by Polistes paper wasps (hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-139

  Hunt, James H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 78651511071     PISSN: 10709428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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