Behavioral ecology of the social wasp, Mischocyttarus mexicanus

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Litte
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mischocyttarus Mexicanus

Genetic relatedness and population structure in the social wasp,Mischocyttarus mexicanus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Strassmann ◽  
D. C. Queller ◽  
C. R. Sol�s
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Genetic Relatedness ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mischocyttarus Mexicanus

The social wasp Vespula germanica (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) population dynamics in England over 39 years.

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-155
Author(s):  
Michael Archer
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Population Dynamic ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Vespula Germanica ◽  
The Social ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Suction Traps

1. Yearly records of worker Vespula germanica (Fabricius) taken in suction traps at Silwood Park (28 years) and at Rothamsted Research (39 years) are examined. 2. Using the autocorrelation function (ACF), a significant negative 1-year lag followed by a lesser non-significant positive 2-year lag was found in all, or parts of, each data set, indicating an underlying population dynamic of a 2-year cycle with a damped waveform. 3. The minimum number of years before the 2-year cycle with damped waveform was shown varied between 17 and 26, or was not found in some data sets. 4. Ecological factors delaying or preventing the occurrence of the 2-year cycle are considered.

Colony founding in the social wasp,Polistes stigma(Hymenoptera Vespidae), in India

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Suzuki ◽  
M. Ramesh
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Colony Founding ◽  
The Social

Soluble proteins of chemical communication in the social wasp Polistes dominulus

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 1933-1943 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Calvello ◽  
N. Guerra ◽  
A. Brandazza ◽  
C. D'Ambrosio ◽  
A. Scaloni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Communication ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
Soluble Proteins ◽  
Polistes Dominulus ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Protonectin (1–6): A novel chemotactic peptide from the venom of the social wasp Agelaia pallipes pallipes

Toxicon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 880-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicoli B. Baptista-Saidemberg ◽  
Daniel M. Saidemberg ◽  
Bibiana M. de Souza ◽  
Lilian M.M. César-Tognoli ◽  
Virgínia M.R. Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Chemotactic Peptide ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Hyaluronidase from the venom of the social wasp Polybia paulista (Hymenoptera, Vespidae): Cloning, structural modeling, purification, and immunological analysis

Toxicon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Débora Laís Justo Jacomini ◽  
Franco Dani Campos Pereira ◽  
José Roberto Aparecido dos Santos Pinto ◽  
Lucilene Delazari dos Santos ◽  
Antonio Joaquim da Silva Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Modeling ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
Immunological Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Polybia Paulista

The timing of conflict and cooperation among cofoundresses of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
George J. Gamboa ◽  
Katherine A. Stump
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Polistes Fuscatus ◽  
Conflict And Cooperation ◽  
Colony Cycle ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Ecological Pressure ◽  
Temporal Overlap

Field observations were made on 37 preworker, multiple-foundress colonies of the social wasp Polistes fuscatus. In total, 401.9 h of behavioural observations of cofoundresses were conducted at three different periods prior to the emergence of workers. Cofoundresses displayed a marked, significant increase in aggression at about the time in the colony cycle when reproductive-destined eggs began to be laid. Both queens and their subordinates became increasingly aggressive at this time. These empirical results support theoretical predictions that conflict among cofoundresses would intensify over the production of reproductive-destined (but not worker-destined) eggs. Cooperation in foraging to minimize nest inattendance as well as synchronicity (temporal overlap) in activity also increased significantly at the onset of the production of reproductive-destined eggs. Thus, conflict and cooperation are not necessarily antagonistic in P. fuscatus. Foundresses minimized the time that nests are unattended at a time in the colony cycle when most conspecific usurpations occur. This suggests that the ecological pressure of conspecific usurpation has favoured increased coordination in foraging to minimize the time nests are unattended. The adaptive significance, if any, of an increase in synchronicity of activity among cofoundresses at the onset of the production of reproductives is not obvious.

The Cost of Queen Loss in the Social Wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan E. Strassmann ◽  
Angelo Fortunato ◽  
Rita Cervo ◽  
Stefano Turillazzi ◽  
Jesse M. Damon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Polistes Dominulus ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Cost

The Ecology of Social Learning in Animals and its Link with Intelligence

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carel van Schaik ◽  
Sereina Graber ◽  
Caroline Schuppli ◽  
Judith Burkart
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
The Social ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Broad Variety

AbstractClassical ethology and behavioral ecology did not pay much attention to learning. However, studies of social learning in nature reviewed here reveal the near-ubiquity of reliance on social information for skill acquisition by developing birds and mammals. This conclusion strengthens the plausibility of the cultural intelligence hypothesis for the evolution of intelligence, which assumes that selection on social learning abilities automatically improves individual learning ability. Thus, intelligent species will generally be cultural species. Direct tests of the cultural intelligence hypothesis require good estimates of the amount and kind of social learning taking place in nature in a broad variety of species. These estimates are lacking so far. Here, we start the process of developing a functional classification of social learning, in the form of the social learning spectrum, which should help to predict the mechanisms of social learning involved. Once validated, the categories can be used to estimate the cognitive demands of social learning in the wild.

Males of the social wasp Ropalidia marginata can feed larvae, given an opportunity

2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchira Sen ◽  
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Ropalidia Marginata ◽  
The Social
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