Apparent competition between parasitoids mediated by a shared hyperparasitoid

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-84

  Van Nouhuys, Saskya ^a,b   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Cotesia; Indirect interactions; Parasitoid; Population dynamics; Species assemblages

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SUPERPARASITISM;

FINLAND;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA GLOMERATA; COTESIA MELITAEARUM; GELIS AGILIS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE;

EID: 0034092111     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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