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Dispersal of first “workers” in social wasps: Causes and implications of an alternative reproductive strategy

Many “workers” in north temperate colonies of the eusocial paper wasp Polistes fuscatus disappear within a few days of eclosion. We provide evidence that these females are pursuing an alternative reproductive strategy, i.e., dispersing to overwinter and become nest foundresses the following spring,...

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Autori principali: Reeve, H. Kern, Peters, John M., Nonacs, Peter, Starks, Philip T.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The National Academy of Sciences 1998
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24889/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9811870
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