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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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| Idioma: | Inglês |
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The National Academy of Sciences
1998
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| Acceso en liña: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24889/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9811870 |
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