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This study focused on how a decrease in prey availability affected the development of aP. dominulus Christ colony. Nutritional oophagy and larval development were parameters found to be most directly affected. The more indirect effects on the growth of the nest and on offspring production were also analyzed.
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Mead, F., Habersetzer, C., Gabouriaut, D. et al. Dynamics of colony development in the paper waspPolistes dominulus Christ (Hymenoptera, Vespidae): The influence of prey availability. J. Ethol. 12, 43–51 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350079
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