Spatial and temporal variation in the parasitoid assemblage of an exophytic polyphagous caterpillar

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 588-600

  Stireman III, John O ^a,b   Singer, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammia geneura; Parasitoid; Parasitoid community ecology; Spatio temporal heterogeneity; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GRAMMIA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0036788139     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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