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The Social biology of wasps
- Title
- The Social biology of wasps / edited by Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews.
- Publication
- Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, 1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL568.V5 S58 1991 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvii, 678 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Mary Jane West-Eberhard -- PART I: THE SOCIAL BIOLOGY OF THE VESPIDAE: Phylogenetic relationships and the origin of social behavior in the Vespidae / James M. Carpenter -- The soliditary and presocial Vespidae / David P. Cowan -- The Stenogastrinae / Stefano Turillazzi -- Polistes / Hudson K. Reeve -- Belonogaster, Mischocyttarus, Parapolybia, and independent-founding Ropalidia / Raghavendra Gadagkar -- The swarm-founding Polistinae / Robert L. Jeanne -- Vespa and Provespa / Makoto Matsuura -- Dolichovespula and Vespula / Albert Greene -- PART II: SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE SOCIAL BIOLOGY OF WASPS: Reproductive competition during the colony establishment / Peter-Frank Roseler -- Evolution of queen number and queen control / J. Philip Spradbery -- Polyethism / Robert L. Jeanne -- Nourishment and the evolution of social Vespidae / James H. Hunt -- Population genetic structure, relatedness, and breeding systems / Kenneth G. Ross and James M. Carpenter -- Evolution of nest architecture / John W. Wenzel -- The nest as the locus of social life / Christopher K. Starr -- The function and evolution of exocrine glands / Holly A. Downing -- Evolution of social behavior in sphecid Wasps / Robert W. Matthews.
- ISBN
- 0801420350
- 9780801420351
- 0801499062
- 9780801499067
- LCCN
- 90044178
- OCLC
- ocm22184337
- 22184337
- SCSB-1915623
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library