Competitive displacement and biological control in parasitoids: A model

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 807-826

  Murdoch, William W ^a   Briggs, Cheryl J ^a,b   Nisbet, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CALIFORNIA RED SCALE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOID;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

AONIDIELLA AURANTII; APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS LINGNANENSIS; APHYTIS MELINUS; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030303560     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285957     Document Type: Article

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