A role for thermoregulation in the Polistes dominulus invasion: A comparison of the thermoregulatory abilities of the invasive wasp P. dominulus and the native wasp P. fuscatus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-190

  Weiner, S A ^a   Noble, K ^b   Upton, C T ^c   Woods Jr , W A ^a   Starks, P T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Exotic species; Hymenoptera; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUSOCIALITY; INVASIBILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMOREGULATION; WASP;

NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES DOMINULUS;

EID: 79952695295     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0136-8     Document Type: Review

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