Geographic variation in the status signals of Polistes dominulus paper wasps.

Understanding intraspecific geographic variation in animal signals poses a challenging evolutionary problem. Studies addressing geographic variation typically focus on signals used in mate-choice, however, geographic variation in intrasexual signals involved in competition is also known to occur. In...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A Tibbetts, Oksana Skaldina, Vera Zhao, Amy L Toth, Maksim Skaldin, Laura Beani, James Dale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3235107?pdf=render