Thermoregulation in the primitively eusocial paper wasp, Polistes dominulus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-162

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

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Hibernation; Hymenoptera; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; ENDOTHERMY; EUSOCIALITY; EVAPORATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HIBERNATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOREGULATION; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 79952696167     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0062-9     Document Type: Article

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