A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests

Successful heterospecific use of abandoned nests has been reported in birds. Although the same behavior has been observed in wasps, the success of such tactic has not been demonstrated. We described two cases in which the social wasp Polistes versicolor successfully reared its brood in empty nests o...

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Autores principales:	DE SOUZA,ANDRÉ R., SILVA,NEWTON J. J., PREZOTO,FÁBIO
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2012
Materias:	Mischocyttarus cassununga Mischocyttarus drewseni Polistes versicolor
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20120003000102013-11-04A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nestsDE SOUZA,ANDRÉ R.SILVA,NEWTON J. J.PREZOTO,FÁBIO Mischocyttarus cassununga Mischocyttarus drewseni Polistes versicolor Successful heterospecific use of abandoned nests has been reported in birds. Although the same behavior has been observed in wasps, the success of such tactic has not been demonstrated. We described two cases in which the social wasp Polistes versicolor successfully reared its brood in empty nests of the social wasps Mischocyttarus drewseni and Mischocyttarus cassununga (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). We showed that this is a rare but a viable reproductive tactic for both solitary and associative foundress. Unlike birds, which use heterspecific nests very similar to their own, wasps are able to use heterspecific nests that do differ from their own.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.85 n.3 20122012-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2012000300010en10.4067/S0716-078X2012000300010
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	Mischocyttarus cassununga Mischocyttarus drewseni Polistes versicolor
spellingShingle	Mischocyttarus cassununga Mischocyttarus drewseni Polistes versicolor DE SOUZA,ANDRÉ R. SILVA,NEWTON J. J. PREZOTO,FÁBIO A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests
description	Successful heterospecific use of abandoned nests has been reported in birds. Although the same behavior has been observed in wasps, the success of such tactic has not been demonstrated. We described two cases in which the social wasp Polistes versicolor successfully reared its brood in empty nests of the social wasps Mischocyttarus drewseni and Mischocyttarus cassununga (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). We showed that this is a rare but a viable reproductive tactic for both solitary and associative foundress. Unlike birds, which use heterspecific nests very similar to their own, wasps are able to use heterspecific nests that do differ from their own.
author	DE SOUZA,ANDRÉ R. SILVA,NEWTON J. J. PREZOTO,FÁBIO
author_facet	DE SOUZA,ANDRÉ R. SILVA,NEWTON J. J. PREZOTO,FÁBIO
author_sort	DE SOUZA,ANDRÉ R.
title	A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests
title_short	A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests
title_full	A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests
title_fullStr	A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests
title_full_unstemmed	A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests
title_sort	rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (hymenoptera:vespidae): use of heterospecific nests
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2012
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2012000300010
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A rare but successful reproductive tactic in a social wasp (Hymenoptera:Vespidae): Use of heterospecific nests

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