Changes in the temporal pattern of antennal drumming behavior across the Polistes fuscatus colony cycle (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-106

  Suryanarayanan, S ^a   Hantschel, A E ^a   Torres, C G ^a   Jeanne, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Development; Polistes; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; COLONY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; QUEEN; SALIVA; SIGNALING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VIBRATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 79251596683     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0122-1     Document Type: Article

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