Host specialization by Cotesia wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing species-rich Melitaeini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) communities in north-eastern Spain

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-65

  Kankare, Maaria ^a   Stefanescu, Constantí ^b   Van Nouhuys, Saskya ^a,c   Shaw, Mark R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Museu de Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checkerspot; Community structure; Cryptic species; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Natural history; Parasitoids; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEINI; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 18944402932     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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