Parasites as predators: unifying natural enemy ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 610-618

  Raffel, Thomas R ^a   Martin, Lynn B ^a   Rohr, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FACILITATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53649099618     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.06.015     Document Type: Review

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