Seasonal changes in a cactus-hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) network

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 754-759

  Martínez Falcón, Ana P ^a,b   Angeles Marcos Garcia M ^a   Díaz Castelazo, Cecilia ^c   Rico Gray, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumer resource interactions; Copestylum; Mexico; Mutualistic networks; Nestedness; Saprophagous hoverflies; Syrphidae.

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; FLY; LARVA; LIMITING FACTOR; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TOPOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CACTACEAE; COPESTYLUM; DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 78349302646     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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