Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps

By Stefano Turillazzi

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 This volume combines incisive reviews and new, unpublished data in studies of paper-wasps, a large and varied group whose life patterns are often studied by biologists interested in social evolution.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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198549474
• ISBN13: 9780198549475
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"