Ant mutualists alter the composition and attack rate of the parasitoid community for the gall wasp Disholcaspis eldoradensis (Cynipidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 692-696

  Inouye, Brian D ^a,b   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant mutualism; Cynipidae; Gall maker; Oak; Parasitoid community; Plant insect interactions; Quercus lobata

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GALL INSECT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MUTUALISM;

ARGENTINA (FISH); CYNIPIDAE; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; LOBATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LOBATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 10344260906     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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