The parasitoid complex and parasitoid-induced mortality of spiders (Araneae) in a Central European woodland

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 2339-2354

  Finch, Oliver D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachnophagy; Community ecology; Parasitic Hymenoptera; Parasitoid web

Indexed keywords

PARASITOID; SPIDER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WORLD;

ARANEAE; DIPTERA; ERO; GELIS; HYMENOPTERA; LINYPHIA HORTENSIS;

EID: 22544469709     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500101720     Document Type: Article

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