Aggregation of parasitism risk in an aphid-parasitoid system: Effects of plant patch size and aphid density

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-708

  Pareja, Martín ^a,b   Brown, Valerie K ^b   Powell, Wilf ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphidius; Centaurea; Community ecology; Density dependence; Heterogeneity; Population dynamics; Spatial scale; Trioxys; Uroleucon

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS; APHIDIUS FUNEBRIS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA NIGRA; TRIOXYS; UROLEUCON; UROLEUCON JACEAE;

EID: 51449092926     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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