Fight or fool? Physical strength, instead of sensory deception, matters in host nest invasion by a wasp social parasite

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1139-1145

  Cini, A ^a   Bruschini, C ^a   Poggi, L ^a   Cervo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Colony usurpation; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Deception; Fight; Paper wasp; Polistes; Sensory fooling; Social parasitism; Visual pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL CUE; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; CUTICLE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FIGHTING; HOST USE; HYDROCARBON; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WASP;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES SULCIFER; POLISTINAE;

EID: 79957696072     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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