The food web of parasitoid wasps and their non-phytophagous fly hosts in birds' nests (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, and Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 625-638

  Peters, R S ^a   Abraham, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Parasitoid communities; Parasitoid webs; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLY; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NEST; NESTING; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASP;

GERMANY;

AVES; CHALCIDOIDEA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCOMORPHA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PASSERI; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 77951051655     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437317     Document Type: Article

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