Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198549475)

The diversity of social behavior among birds and primates is surpassed only by members of the Hymenopteran insects, including bees, ants, and the genus Polistes, or paper-wasps. This volume combines incisive reviews and new, unpublished data in studies of paper-wasps, a large and varied group whose life patterns are often studied by biologists interested in social evolution. While this research is significant to the natural history of paper-wasps, it also applies to topics of general interest such as the evolution of cooperation, social parasitism, kin recognition, and the division of labor.

Author: Stefano Turillazzi
ISBN-10: 0198549474
ISBN-13: 9780198549475
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/22/1996
Pages: 414
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.84lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.26w x 1.28d