Foundress Number, But Not Queen Size Or Boldness, Predicts Colony Life-History In Wild Paper Wasps
C. M. Wright, D. N. Fisher, W. Nerone, J. L. Lichtenstein, E. Tibbetts, J. N. Pruitt
The paper examines colony life-history traits in two paper wasp species, finding that foundress number predicts productivity, while queen size and boldness do not.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2019 · PreprintEcology