Food supplementation affects colony-level life history traits in the annual social wasp Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Export

@article{Seal2004, abstract = {A field population of Polistes metricus Say near St. Louis, Missouri was supplemented with dilute Apis mellifera honey and Trichoplusia ni caterpillars during the entire colony development period. Offspring were collected at two times to coincide with emergence of worker and reproductive broods. Food supplementation had no effect on nest size, the number of worker offspring, or the size of workers. Supplemented colonies did produce more females in August but female size was unaffected by supplementation. Supplementation had no effect on the number of males produced, but males were slightly larger on supplemented nests. We interpret these findings in the context of social insect life history theory.}, address = {Seal, JNFlorida State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, B-157, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USAUniv Missouri, Dept Biol, St Louis, MO 63121 USA}, author = {Seal, J. N. and Hunt, J. H.}, citeulike-article-id = {1868230}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {#}, comment = {848KMTimes Cited:1Cited References Count:33}, journal = {Insectes Sociaux}, keywords = {annual, bibtex-import, cycle, life}, pages = {239--242}, posted-at = {2007-11-05 13:42:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Food supplementation affects colony-level life history traits in the annual social wasp Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)}, url = {<Go to ISI>://000223466300007}, volume = {51}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - Seal2004 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1868230 N2 - A field population of Polistes metricus Say near St. Louis, Missouri was supplemented with dilute Apis mellifera honey and Trichoplusia ni caterpillars during the entire colony development period. Offspring were collected at two times to coincide with emergence of worker and reproductive broods. Food supplementation had no effect on nest size, the number of worker offspring, or the size of workers. Supplemented colonies did produce more females in August but female size was unaffected by supplementation. Supplementation had no effect on the number of males produced, but males were slightly larger on supplemented nests. We interpret these findings in the context of social insect life history theory. JF - Insectes Sociaux AD - Seal, JNFlorida State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, B-157, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USAUniv Missouri, Dept Biol, St Louis, MO 63121 USA EP - 242 TI - Food supplementation affects colony-level life history traits in the annual social wasp Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) VL - 51 SP - 239 KW - annual KW - bibtex-import KW - cycle KW - life N1 - 848KMTimes Cited:1Cited References Count:33 AU - Seal, JN AU - Hunt, JH PY - 2004/// UR - # ER -