Faculty Mentor
Dr. Kevin J. Loope
Faculty Mentor Email
kloope@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Type and Release Option
Research Poster Presentation with Supplemental Video (Open Access)
Location
COUR Symposium 2021
Presentation Year
2021
Start Date
4-19-2021 12:00 AM
End Date
April 2021
Abstract
- Southern Yellowjackets (Vespula squamosa) performs two different social forms. A normal single queen, annual strategy and an unusual multiqueen, perennial strategy.
- ● Previous studies have been limited mostly to the temperate portions of its range
- ● Our goal is to describe social structure in the southernmost extents of this species home range.
Academic Unit
Department of Biology
Alex Snyder COUR Presentation 2021.mp4 (8472 kB)
Apr 19th, 12:00 AM
Apr 20th, 12:00 AM
Using Microsatellite Loci to Determine Colonial Social Structures to Better Understand the Multiqueen Behavior of the Southern Yellowjacket
COUR Symposium 2021
- Southern Yellowjackets (Vespula squamosa) performs two different social forms. A normal single queen, annual strategy and an unusual multiqueen, perennial strategy.
- ● Previous studies have been limited mostly to the temperate portions of its range
- ● Our goal is to describe social structure in the southernmost extents of this species home range.
