Interspecific hierarchies from aggressiveness and body size among the invasive alien hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, and five native hornets in South Korea

Ohseok Kwon; Moon Bo Choi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226934

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Interspecific hierarchies from aggressiveness and body size among the invasive alien hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, and five native hornets in South Korea

Ohseok Kwon,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Moon Bo Choi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kosinchoi@hanmail.net

Affiliations School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-3704

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Interspecific hierarchies from aggressiveness and body size among the invasive alien hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, and five native hornets in South Korea

Ohseok Kwon,
Moon Bo Choi

Published: July 28, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226934

About the Authors

Ohseok Kwon

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Moon Bo Choi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kosinchoi@hanmail.net

Affiliations School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-3704

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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