Parasitoid competitive displacement and coexistence in citrus agroecosystems: Linking species distribution with climate

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1101-1113

  Sorribas, Juan ^a   Rodriguez, Raquel ^a   Garcia Mari, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aonidiella aurantii; Aphytis chrysomphali; Aphytis melinus; California red scale; Climate effects; Interspecific competition; Parasitoid wasp; Spain; Temporal niche partitioning; Valencia region

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURAL ENEMY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARASITOID; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WASP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; WASP; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CITRUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; WASPS; WEATHER;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

AONIDIELLA AURANTII; APHYTIS; APHYTIS CHRYSOMPHALI; APHYTIS MELINUS; CITRUS;

EID: 77953150071     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1662.1     Document Type: Article

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