α and β diversity of a tachinid parasitoid community over space and time

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 362-370

  Stireman III, John O ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; Habitat specificity; Parasitoid diversity; Species richness host associations; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLY; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; PARASITOID; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TRAPPING;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 40949138297     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[362:ADOATP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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