Apparent competition structures ecological assemblages

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6640, 1997, Pages 371-373

  Bonsall, M B ^a   Hassell, M P ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; HOST-PARASITOID SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INSECTA;

EID: 0030806215     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41084     Document Type: Article

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