Structure and vertical stratification of plant galler-parasitoid food webs in two tropical forests

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-320

  Paniagua, Miguel R ^a,c   Medianero, Enrique ^a   Lewis, Owen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SA Ingenio Chaparrastique   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Canopy; Cecidomyiidae; Coexistence; Gall; Panama; Parasitoid; Quantitative food web; Tropical forest; Understorey

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; GALL; GALL INSECT; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEAFMINER; NATURAL ENEMY; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COLON [PANAMA]; METROPOLITAN NATURAL PARK; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)]; PANAMA [PANAMA (PRV)]; SAN LORENZO PROTECTED AREA;

AGROMYZIDAE; CECIDOMYIIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 65649091786     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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