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The nest as fortress: defensive behavior of Polybia emaciata, a mud-nesting eusocial wasp

The swarm-founding wasp Polybia emaciata is unusual among eusocial Vespidae because it uses mud, rather than wood pulp, as its primary nest construction material. Polybia emaciata nests are more durable than similarly sized paper nests. We tested the hypothesis that the defensive behavior of this wa...

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Autores principales: O'Donnell, Sean, Jeanne, Robert L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Arizona Library 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC355903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15455037