Effects of a tapeworm parasite on the competition of Tribolium beetles

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1093-1103

  Yan, Guiyun ^a,b   Stevens, Lori ^a   Goodnight, Charles J ^a   Schall, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Hymenolepis diminuta; Intraguild predation; Parasite; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

CESTODA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0031848436     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176604     Document Type: Article

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