Comparing composition and diversity of parasitoid wasps and plants in an Amazonian rain-forest mosaic

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-176

  Sääksjärvi, Ilari E ^a   Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Haataja, Samuli ^a   Fine, Paul V A ^b   Cárdenas, Glenda ^c   Mesones, Italo ^c   Vargas, Víctor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Faunistic composition; Floristic composition; Ichneumonidae; Lowland rain forest; Parasitoid wasps; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PARASITOID; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASP;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; BURSERACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MELASTOMATACEAE; PIMPLINAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; RHYSSINAE;

EID: 32044444807     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002993     Document Type: Article

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