Cycles of Queen Size and Abundance in a Population of Vespula maculifrons (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland R. Roth ◽  
Wayne D. Lord
Keyword(s):  
Queen Size ◽  
Vespula Maculifrons

scholarly journals Detecting selection on morphological traits in social insect castes: the case of the social wasp Vespula maculifrons

2010 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENNIFER L. KOVACS ◽  
ERIC A. HOFFMAN ◽  
SARAH M. MARRINER ◽  
MICHAEL A. D. GOODISMAN
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Social Insect ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
The Social ◽  
Vespula Maculifrons

Toxicity of Avermectin B1 to Larval Yellowjackets, Vespula maculifrons (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

1984 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 769-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Parrish ◽  
Radclyffe B. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Vespula Maculifrons

Mating Success in the Polyandrous Social Wasp Vespula maculifrons

Ethology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Kovacs ◽  
Eric A. Hoffman ◽  
Michael A. D. Goodisman
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
Vespula Maculifrons

scholarly journals THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MULTIPLE MATING IN THE SOCIAL WASP VESPULA MACULIFRONS

Evolution ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 2260-2267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. D. Goodisman ◽  
Jennifer L. Kovacs ◽  
Eric A. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Mating ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
The Social ◽  
Vespula Maculifrons

Lack of conflict during queen production in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2589-2595 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL A. D. GOODISMAN ◽  
JENNIFER L. KOVACS ◽  
ERIC A. HOFFMAN
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
The Social ◽  
Queen Production ◽  
Vespula Maculifrons

scholarly journals Foundress Number, But Not Queen Size or Boldness, Predicts Colony Life-History in Wild Paper Wasps

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin M. Wright ◽  
David N. Fisher ◽  
Wayne V. Nerone ◽  
James L.L. Lichtenstein ◽  
Elizabeth A. Tibbetts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Life History ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Paper Wasps ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
Queen Size

AbstractColonies of social insects exhibit a spectacular variety of life histories. Here we documented the degree of variation in colony life-history traits, mostly related to productivity, in two species of wild paper wasps. We then tested for associations between colony life-history traits to look for trade-offs or positively associated syndromes, and examined whether individual differences in the behavioral tendencies of foundresses (Polistes metricus) or the number of cofoundresses (P. fuscatus) influenced colony life-history. The majority of our measures of colony life-history were positively related, indicating no obvious resource allocation trade-offs. Instead, the positive association of traits into a productivity syndrome appears to be driven by differences in queen or microhabitat quality. Syndrome structure differed only marginally between species. Queen boldness and body size were not associated with colony life-history inP. metricus. Colonies initiated by multipleP. fuscatusfoundresses were generally more productive, and this advantage was approximately proportional to the number of cofoundresses. These findings demonstrate that colony life-history traits can be associated together much like individual life-history traits, and the associations seen here convey that differences in overall productivity drive between-colony differences in life-history.

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