Niche overlap and daily activity pattern of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in kale crops

Kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) is of great importance in human nutrition and local agricultural economies, but its growth is impaired by the attack of several insect pests. Social wasps prey on these pests, but few studies report the importance of this predation or the potential use of wasp...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Castro Jacques, Tiago Georg Pikart, Vinicius Silva Santos, Lucas Oliveira Vicente, Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2018-07-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/2670