Comparative nesting success of the keyhole mud-dauber (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Trypoxylon nitidum) in different substrates
The solitary wasp Trypoxylon nitidum F. Smith nests in a variety of existing cavities. Nesting success – the fraction of completed, provisioned cells that produced adult offspring – can be estimated by examination of old cells. We estimated nesting success of T. nitidum in new and old (previously ut...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
| Online Access: | http://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9997 |