Host-parasitoid food webs: Dynamics, persistence, and invasion

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 787-806

  Wilson, H B ^a   Hassell, M P ^a   Godfray, H C J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITOID COMMUNITY; PARASITOID;

EID: 0030303562     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285956     Document Type: Article

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