Morphological distance and inter-nest distance account for intra-specific prey overlap in digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-454

  Polidori, Carlo ^a   Ballesteros, Yolanda ^b   Santoro, Davide ^c   Tormos, José ^b   Asís, Josep D ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet dissimilarity; Intra specific competition; Nest distribution; Prey size; Wasp size

Indexed keywords

DIET; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SAMPLING; WASP;

BEMBIX MERCETI; BEMBIX ZONATA; CRABRONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SPHECIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862683213     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-012-0322-9     Document Type: Article

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