Enhanced carbon enrichment in parasitoids (Hymenoptera): A stable isotope study

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Langellotto, Gail A ^a,b   Rosenheim, Jay A ^a   Williams, Megan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Parasitoids; Rhopalomyia californica; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARASITOID; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS PILULARIS; BACCHARIS VANESSAE; CANIS LATRANS; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; RHOPALOMYIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 16344373769     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0205:ECEIPH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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