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New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 18, 1991 - Issue 2: Special Issue on Wasp Research
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Nest sites of common and German wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

H. MollerDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
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J. A. V. TilleyDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
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G. M. PlunkettDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
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B. K. ClappertonDSIR Land Resources Private Bag, Nelson, New Zealand
Pages 121-125 | Received 04 Sep 1990, Accepted 26 Oct 1990, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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B. Kay Clapperton & PeterL. Lo. (2000) Nesting biology of Asian paper wasps Polistes chinensis antennalis Pérez, and Australian paper wasps P. humilis (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27:3, pages 189-195.
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D. M. Leathwick, P. L. Godfrey, R. A. Fordham & M. A. Potter. (1999) Comparative growth and seasonality of Vespula germanica (F.) and Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) colonies in the Manawatu region of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 26:1, pages 27-38.
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B. J. Donovan. (1997) Availability of suitable nest sites as a determinant of the density of nests of Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespinae). New Zealand Entomologist 20:1, pages 55-57.
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B. K. Clapperton, J. A. V. Tilley, J. R. Beggs & H. Moller. (1994) Changes in the distribution and proportions of Vespula vulgaris (L.) and Vespula germanica (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) between 1987 and 1990 in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21:3, pages 295-303.
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B. Donovan, A. M.E. Howie & N. C. Schroeder. (1992) Comparative characteristics of nests of Vespula germanica (F.) and Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) from Christchurch City, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 19:1-2, pages 61-71.
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H. Moller, G. M. Plunkett, J. A. V. Tilley, R. J. Toft & J. R. Beggs. (1991) Establishment of the wasp parasitoid, Sphecophaga vesparum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 18:2, pages 199-208.
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R. A. Fordham, A. J. Craven & E. O. Minot. (1991) Phenology and population structure of annual nests of the German wasp Vespula germanica (Fab.) in Manawatu, New Zealand, with particular reference to late summer and autumn. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 18:2, pages 127-137.
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H. Moller, B. K. Clapperton, P. A. Alspach & J. A. V. Tilley. (1991) Comparative seasonality of Vespula germanica (F.) and Vespula vulgaris (L.) colonies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in urban Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 18:2, pages 111-120.
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Piotr TRYJANOWSKI, Tadeusz PAWLIKOWSKI, Krzysztof PAWLIKOWSKI, Weronika BANASZAK-CIBICKA & Tim H. SPARKS. (2010) Does climate influence phenological trends in social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in Poland?. European Journal of Entomology 107:2, pages 203-208.
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Marta L Kasper, Andrew F Reeson & Andrew D Austin. (2008) Colony characteristics of Vespula germanica (F.) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in a Mediterranean climate (southern Australia) . Australian Journal of Entomology 47:4, pages 265-274.
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J. R. Beggs & D. A. Wardle. 2006. Biological Invasions in New Zealand. Biological Invasions in New Zealand 281 294 .
Darren Ward, Patrick Honan & Greg Lefoe. (2002) Colony structure and nest characteristics of European wasps, Vespula germanica (F.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in Victoria, Australia . Australian Journal of Entomology 41:4, pages 306-309.
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Richard J. Toft, Jason P. Malham & Jacqueline R. Beggs. (1999) Mortality and Emergence Pattern of Overwintering Cocoons of the Wasp Parasitoid Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in New Zealand . Environmental Entomology 28:1, pages 9-13.
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Byron L. Reid, John F. MacDonald & Donald R. Ross. (1994) Foraging and spatial dispersion in protein-scavenging workers ofVespula germanica andV. maculifrons (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 8:3, pages 315-330.
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