Polistes paper wasps: A model genus for the study of social dominance hierarchies

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-27

  Jandt, J M ^a   Tibbetts, E A ^b   Toth, A L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Eusociality; Polistinae; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POLISTES; POLISTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84892863711     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-013-0328-0     Document Type: Review

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