Regulation of task partitioning by a "common stomach": A model of nest construction in social wasps

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 819-830

  Karsai, I ^a   Schmickl, T ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

common stomach; regulation of behavior; social crop; social wasp; system dynamic model

Indexed keywords

COLONY; GENERALIST; NEST STRUCTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; STOMACH CONTENT; WASP; WATER EXCHANGE; WORKER CASTE;

METAPOLYBIA;

EID: 79959426387     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr060     Document Type: Article

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