Short-term indirect interactions between two moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species mediated by shared parasitoids: The benefit of being scarce

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Teder, Tiit ^a   Tammaru, Toomas ^a,b  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Archanara sparganii; Coexistence; Frequency dependence; Host preference; Ichneumonidae; Indirect effects; Noctuidae; Nonagria typhae; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; COEXISTENCE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHENOLOGY; RARITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SYNCHRONY;

ESTONIA;

ARCHANARA; ARCHANARA SPARGANII; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NONAGRIA TYPHAE;

EID: 0141484655     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.051     Document Type: Article

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