2019
DOI: 10.1101/609685
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Foundress Number, But Not Queen Size or Boldness, Predicts Colony Life-History in Wild Paper Wasps

Abstract: 3Colonies of social insects exhibit a spectacular variety of life histories. Here we documented the 1 4 degree of variation in colony life-history traits, mostly related to productivity, in two species of 1 5 wild paper wasps. We then tested for associations between colony life-history traits to look for 1 6 trade-offs or positively associated syndromes, and examined whether individual differences in 1 7 the behavioral tendencies of foundresses (Polistes metricus) or the number of cofoundresses (P. 1 8 fuscatu… Show more

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