Costs, benefits, and plasticity of construction of nest defensive structures in paper wasps

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-221

  Furuichi, Sho ^a   Kasuya, Eiiti ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal architecture .Constructionbehavior .Nest predation; Defensive structure; Plasticity; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCE; NEST PREDATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WASP;

ANIMALIA; POLISTES CHINENSIS ANTENNALIS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 84949117069     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1636-0     Document Type: Article

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