Host-parasitoid spatial ecology: A plea for a landscape-level synthesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1578, 2005, Pages 2225-2235

  Cronin, James T ^a   Reeve, John D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal behaviour; Extinction risk; Landscape; Metapopulation; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION RISK; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; HOST; INFORMATION; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; THEORY;

INSECTA;

EID: 27244450894     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3286     Document Type: Review

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