Feeding strategies and intraspecific competition in German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica).
The German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) is an opportunist predator and a scavenger, whose eclectic diet also includes honey, brood, dead and live honey-bees. There is no evidence in this species of coordinated attacks against bees involving other conspecifics, although intraspecific competition...
Main Authors: | Michelina Pusceddu, Alessandra Mura, Ignazio Floris, Alberto Satta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6203408?pdf=render |
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