Confirmation of the parasitoid feeding habit in Sycoscapter, and their impact on pollinator abundance in Ficus formosana

Symbiosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Tzeng, Hsy Yu ^a,b   Tseng, Li Jung ^b   Ou, Chern Hsiung ^b   Lu, King Cherng ^b   Lu, Fu Yuan ^c   Chou, Lien Siang ^d  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blastophasga taiwanensis; Ficus formosana; Guandaushi Forest Station; Mutualism; Parasitoid; Sycoscapter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; FEEDING GROUND; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; POLLINATOR; WASP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANDAUSHI; TAIWAN;

AGAONIDAE; BLASTOPHAGA; CHALCIDOIDEA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORACEAE; PTEROMALIDAE; SYCOSCAPTER;

EID: 41549164483     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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