Structure of a diverse tropical forest insect-parasitoid community

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 855-873

  Lewis, Owen T ^a,c,e   Memmott, Jane ^d   Lasalle, John ^b,f   Lyal, Chris H C ^c   Whitefoord, Caroline ^c   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Biodiversity; Food web; Leaf miner; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; PARASITOID;

AGROMYZIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0036741189     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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