Stage-structured competition and the cyclic dynamics of host-parasitoid populations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 706-722

  Wearing, Helen J ^a,b   Sait, Steven M ^c   Cameron, Tom C ^c   Rohani, Pejman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Multiple attractors; Plodia Venturia; Population cycles; Stage structured models

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; POPULATION CYCLE;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 3142741894     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00846.x     Document Type: Review

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