Insect parasitoid species respond to forest structure at different spatial scales

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6626, 1997, Pages 710-713

  Roland, Jens ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOREST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FOREST STRUCTURE; FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR; HOST-PARASITOID DYNAMICS; PARASITOID;

CANADA, ALBERTA, EDMONTON;

LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 0030617858     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386710a0     Document Type: Article

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