Is parasitism of numerically dominant species in macrolepidopteran assemblages independent of their abundance?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-366

  Barbosa, Pedro ^a   Tammaru, Toomas ^b,c   Caldas, Astrid ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acer negundo; Black willow; Box elder; Host abundance; Parasitoids; Refuge theory; Salix nigra; Scarce species

Indexed keywords

ACER NEGUNDO; CAPPARIS CYNOPHALLOPHORA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; SALIX NIGRA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 4644242736     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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