Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) community diversity in an agricultural environment in the state of Yucatan, Mexico

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1286-1297

  Chay Hernández, David A ^a   Delfín González, Hugo ^a   Parra Tabla, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Braconidae; Ichneumonidae; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP PEST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASP;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; ICHNEUMONOIDEA;

EID: 33845234564     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1286:IHCDIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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