Reproduction in foundress associations of the social wasp, Polistes carolina: conventions, competition, and skew

Who reproduces in colonies of social insects is determined by some combination of direct competition and more peaceful convention. We studied these two alternatives in foundresses of the paper wasp, Polistes carolina, by examining two different contexts: what determines who becomes the dominant repr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Behavioral ecology 2002-07, Vol.13 (4), p.531-542
1. Verfasser: Seppa, P.
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Sprache:eng
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