Juvenile hormone influences precontest assessment behaviour in Polistes dominulus paper wasps

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1177-1181

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Vernier, Cassondra ^a   Jinn, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Badge of status; Conventional signal; Dominance; Fighting ability; Juvenile hormone; Paper wasp; Polistes dominulus; Resource holding potential; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; HORMONE; JUVENILE; SIGNAL; TESTOSTERONE; WASP;

ANIMALIA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 84879252629     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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