Diversity, ecosystem function, and stability of parasitoid-host interactions across a tropical habitat gradient

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3047-3057

  Tylianakis, Jason M ^a,b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arthropod; Bee; Ecosystem services; Insect; Managed land; Multiple scale; Predator prey interactions; Trap nest; Wasp

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASPS;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845689350     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3047:DEFASO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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