Quantifying the importance of species and their interactions in a host-parasitoid community

Community Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Jordan F ^a,b   Liu, W C ^b   van Veen, F J F ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host parasitoid community; Indirect effects; Interaction strength; Interaction symmetry; Keystone species; Network algebra; Phyllonorycter

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES;

AGROMYZIDAE; EQUIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHYLLONORYCTER;

EID: 0041567067     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.4.2003.1.12     Document Type: Article

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