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Interspecific occupation of a tropical social wasp colony (Hymenoptera: Vespidae:Polistes)

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    Sean O'Donnell & Robert L. Jeanne

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O'Donnell, S., Jeanne, R.L. Interspecific occupation of a tropical social wasp colony (Hymenoptera: Vespidae:Polistes). J Insect Behav 4, 397–400 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01048286

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