Frugivorous birds dispersing braconid parasitoids via endozoochory

Entomological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Hernández, Ángel ^a   FalcÓ, José Vicente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bracon; Insect bird interaction; Ligustrum vulgare; Ornithochory; Plant disperser parasitoid host tetrad; Tortricidae; Turdus

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACON; BRACON SP.; BRACONIDAE; HEXAPODA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM VULGARE; TORTRICIDAE; TURDIDAE; TURDUS;

EID: 52349102965     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2008.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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