Ecological trade-offs, resource partitioning, and coexistence in a host-parasitoid assemblage

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 925-934

  Bonsall, Michael B ^a   Hassell, Michael P ^a   Asefa, Gebre ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structured model; Asobara; Drosophila; Host parasitoid assemblage; Interspecific competition; Leptopilina; Persistence; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COEXISTENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ASOBARA; LEPTOPILINA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037695161     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0925:ETORPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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