Tree species richness and density affect parasitoid diversity in cacao agroforestry

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-251

  Sperber, Carlos Frankl ^a   Nakayama, Kazuiyuki ^a,b   Valverde, Maria Júlia ^b   De Siqueira Neves, Frederico ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b CEPLAC/CEPEC/SECEN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Cabruca; Canopy; Habitat heterogeneity; LME; Seasonality; Wasps

Indexed keywords

CHRYSIDOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; TEREBRANTIA; THEOBROMA CACAO; VESPIDAE;

EID: 3142666392     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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