The cost of flight: A role in the Polistes dominulus invasion

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-86

  Weiner, S A ^a,e   Noble, K ^b   Upton, C T ^c   Flynn, G ^d   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)

^d Northern Essex Community College   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Eusocial; Hymenoptera; Metabolism; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASP;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH AMERICA;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 84855721538     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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