Winter aggregations, colony cycle, and seasonal phenotypic change in the paper wasp Polistes versicolor in subtropical Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorGobbi, Nivar
dc.contributor.authorNoll, Fernando B.
dc.contributor.authorPenna, Marcelo A. H.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:28:35Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:28:35Z
dc.date.issued2006-10-01
dc.description.abstractSocial wasps from temperate zones have clear annual colony cycles, and the young queens hibernate during winter. In the subtropics, the only previously reported evidence for the existence of hibernation is the facultative winter aggregations of females during harsh climate conditions. As in temperate-zone species analyzed so far, we show in this study that in the paper wasp, Polistes versicolor, a subtropical species, body size increases as an unfavorable season approaches. Our morphological studies indicate that larger females come from winter aggregations-that is, they are new queens. Multivariate analyses indicate that size is the only variable analyzed that shows a relationship to the differences. Given the absence of a harsh climate, we suggest that the occurrence of winter aggregations in tropical P. versicolor functions to allow some females to wait for better environmental conditions to start a new nest, rather than all being obliged to start a new nest as soon as they emerge.en
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State Univ, Inst Biociencias & Letras Ciências Exatas, Dept Bot & Zool, BR-15054000 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State Univ, CEA, Dept Ecol, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State Univ, Inst Biociencias & Letras Ciências Exatas, Dept Bot & Zool, BR-15054000 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State Univ, CEA, Dept Ecol, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.format.extent487-494
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-006-0140-z
dc.identifier.citationNaturwissenschaften. New York: Springer, v. 93, n. 10, p. 487-494, 2006.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00114-006-0140-z
dc.identifier.issn0028-1042
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0207-1067
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/38369
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000240531200003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofNaturwissenschaften
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.789
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,837
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dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectPolistespt
dc.subjectpaper waspspt
dc.subjectwinter congregationspt
dc.subjectlife cyclept
dc.subjectcaste differencespt
dc.titleWinter aggregations, colony cycle, and seasonal phenotypic change in the paper wasp Polistes versicolor in subtropical Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dcterms.rightsHolderSpringer
unesp.author.lattes8347131704153687[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-0207-1067[2]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt

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