Competitive interactions and persistence of two nematode species that parasitize Drosophila recens

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 577-584

  Perlman, S J ^a   Jaenike, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allantonematidae; Host specificity; Interspecific competition; Mycophagous Drosophila; Parasite coexistence; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FECUNDITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITE; VIRULENCE;

ALLANTONEMATIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA RECENS; DROSOPHILIDAE; HOWARDULA AORONYMPHIUM; NEMATODA; PARASITYLENCHUS NEARCTICUS;

EID: 0035197607     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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