Structure and dynamics of a parasitoid community attacking larvae of Psilocorsis quercicella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1114-1123

  Lill, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Density dependence; Diadegma psilocorsis; Parasitoids; Psilocorsis quercicella; Quercus alba

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PHENOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PARASITOID; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

DIADEGMA; LEPIDOPTERA; OECOPHORIDAE; PSILOCORSIS; PSILOCORSIS QUERCICELLA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 0033400621     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.6.1114     Document Type: Article

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