Three species of Vespula have become invasive in Australia, Hawai 'i, New Zealand, and
North and South America and continue to spread. These social wasp species can achieve …

Biological invasions exert multiple pervasive effects on ecosystems, potentially disrupting
species interactions and global ecological processes. Our ability to successfully predict and …

Two types of experience affect animals' behavioral proficiencies and, accordingly, their
fitness: early-life experience, an animal's environment during its early development, and …

A widely held assumption in ecology is that specialists are more efficient than generalists.
However, empirical evidence for this fundamental assumption is surprisingly scarce and …

Decisions made by foraging animals conform a complex process based on the integration of
information from multiple external environmental stimuli and internal physiological signals …

Vespicochory, seed dispersal by hornets, is an uncommon seed dispersal pattern in
angiosperms. To date, this phenomenon has been recorded in only four families. Because of …

Predator–prey interactions are important drivers of community and ecosystem dynamics.
With an online multiplayer videogame, we propose a novel system to explore within …

Vespula germanica is a social wasp that has become established outside its native range in
many regions of the world, becoming a major pest in the invaded areas. In the present work …

Vespula germanica is a social wasp and an opportunistic predator. While foraging, these
wasps learn and integrate different kinds of cues. They have successfully invaded many …

The foraging strategy at abundant resources of the social wasp Vespula germanica includes
scanning in the direction of the nest while memorizing resource‐specific landmarks and …