Are solitary progressive-provisioning wasps optimal foragers? A study with the digger wasp Bembix merceti (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-214

  Asis J D ^a   Banos Picon L ^a   Tormos, J ^a   Ballesteros, Y ^a   Gayubo, S F ^a   Alonso, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bembix; Hymenoptera; Optimal foraging; Selective predation; Solitary wasps

Indexed keywords

BEMBIX; BEMBIX MERCETI; CRABRONIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; SPHECIDAE;

EID: 79851494507     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X551651     Document Type: Article

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