The effects of colony characteristics on life span and foraging behavior of individual wasps (Polybia occidentalis, Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Insectes Sociaux
- Vol. 39 (1) , 73-80
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01240532
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