The Respiratory Metabolism of Polistes biglumis, a Paper Wasp from Mountainous Regions

Geographic Variation in Larval Metabolic Rate Between Northern and Southern Populations of the Invasive Gypsy Moth

(2018) Carolyn May et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Foraging strategy of wasps – optimisation of intake rate or energetic efficiency?

(2018) Helmut Kovac et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Revision of the West Palaearctic Polistes Latreille, with the descriptions of two species – an integrative approach using morphology and DNA barcodes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

(2017) Christian Schmid-Egger et al.   ZooKeys

Comparison of thermal traits of Polistes dominula and Polistes gallicus, two European paper wasps with strongly differing distribution ranges

(2016) Helmut Kovac et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Similar metabolic rate-temperature relationships after acclimation at constant and fluctuating temperatures in caterpillars of a sub-Antarctic moth

(2016) Steven L. Chown et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Honeybee economics: optimisation of foraging in a variable world

(2016) Anton Stabentheiner et al.   Scientific Reports

What do foraging wasps optimize in a variable environment, energy investment or body temperature?

(2015) Helmut Kovac et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Respiration and metabolism of the resting European paper wasp (Polistes dominulus)

(2015) Helmut Käfer et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Energetic Optimisation of Foraging Honeybees: Flexible Change of Strategies in Response to Environmental Challenges

(2014) Anton Stabentheiner et al.   PLoS One

Static and dynamic approaches yield similar estimates of the thermal sensitivity of insect metabolism

(2013) Sarah L. Lake et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Resting metabolism and critical thermal maxima of vespine wasps (Vespula sp.)

(2012) Helmut Käfer et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Thermal Resistance and Performance Correlate with Climate in Populations of a Widespread Mosquito

(2012) Ashley S. Vorhees et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Assessing honeybee and wasp thermoregulation and energetics—New insights by combination of flow-through respirometry with infrared thermography

(2012) Anton Stabentheiner et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Does size matter? - Thermoregulation of 'heavyweight' and 'lightweight' wasps (Vespa crabro and Vespula sp.)

(2012) H. Kovac et al.   Biology Open

Thermoregulation of water foraging honeybees—Balancing of endothermic activity with radiative heat gain and functional requirements

(2010) Helmut Kovac et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Thermoregulation in the primitively eusocial paper wasp, Polistes dominulus

(2009) S. A. Weiner et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Social wasps without workers: geographic variation of caste expression in the paper wasp Polistes biglumis

(2009) S. Fucini et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Do mitochondrial properties explain intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance?

(2009) N. A. Fangue et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Thermoregulation of water foraging wasps (Vespula vulgaris and Polistes dominulus)

(2009) Helmut Kovac et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Directional Evolution of the Slope of the Metabolic Rate–Temperature Relationship Is Correlated with Climate

(2009) John S. Terblanche et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

The energetic costs of stereotyped behavior in the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus

(2008) Susan A. Weiner et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN