Article
"Winter" aggregations, colony cycle, and seasonal phenotypic change in the paper wasp Polistes versicolor in subtropical Brazil.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Oct 2006
Gobbi Nivar, Noll Fernando B, Penna Marcelo A H
Abstract excerpt
Social wasps from temperate zones have clear annual colony cycles, and the young queens hibernate during winter. In the subtropics, the only previously reported evidence for the existence of "hibernation" is the facultative winter aggregations of females during harsh climate conditions. As in temperate-zone species analyzed so far, we show in this study that in the paper wasp, Polistes versicolor, a subtropical...
Topics
- Animals
- Brazil
- Female
- Head
- Ovary
- Phenotype
- Seasons
- Tropical Climate
- Wasps