Stem-boring insects of fragmented Calamagrostis habitats: Herbivore-parasitoid community structure and the unpredictability of grass shoot abundance

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-280

  Dubbert, Mark ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Vidal, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calamagrostis epigeios; Fragmentation of habitats; Grasses; Insect communities; Parasitoids; Unpredictability of resources

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASS; HERBIVORE; PARASITOID; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; CECIDOMYIDAE; DIPTERA; ERIOPELTIS; EURYTOMA; EURYTOMIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOPTERA CALAMAGROSTIDIS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; TETRAMESA EXIMIA;

EID: 0031876050     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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