Effects of Size, Shape, Genotype, and Mating Status on Queen Overwintering Survival in the Social Wasp Vespula maculifrons

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1612-1620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Kovacs ◽  
Michael A. D. Goodisman
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasp ◽  
Mating Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Overwintering Survival ◽  
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

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

Environmental and genetic influences on queen and worker body size in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Kovacs ◽  
E. A. Hoffman ◽  
S. M. Marriner ◽  
J. A. Rekau ◽  
M. A. D. Goodisman
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Social Wasp ◽  
Genetic Influences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Vespula Maculifrons

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.

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.

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