Clypeal patterning in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: No evidence of adaptive value in the wild

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 623-633

  Green, Jonathan P ^a,b   Leadbeater, Ellouise ^a,d   Carruthers, Jonathan M ^a,b,e   Rosser, Neil S ^a,f   Lucas, Eric R ^c   Field, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clypeal pattern; fitness; Polistes dominulus; quality; status signalling; wild

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNALING; WASP; WILD POPULATION;

SPAIN;

POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 84875976212     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars226     Document Type: Article

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