Dynamics of chemical mimicry in the social parasite wasp Polistes semenowi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 643-651

  Lorenzi, M C ^a   Cervo, R ^b   Zacchi, F ^b   Turillazzi, S ^b   Bagneres A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Blank state; Camouflage; Chemical insignificance; Chemical mimicry; Chemical signature; Paper wasps; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POLISTES SEMENOWI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES SEMENOWI; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 8144229282     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005992     Document Type: Article

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