Caterpillar abundance and parasitism in a seasonally dry versus wet tropical forest of Panama

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-58

  Connahs, Heidi ^a,b   Aiello, Annette ^b   Van Bael, Sunshine ^b   Rodríguez Castañeda, Genoveva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

canopy; Diptera; external feeders; Hymenoptera; parasitoids; rainfall; shelter builders

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATERPILLAR; FOREST CANOPY; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PLANT DEFENSE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; WASP;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 79551468786     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000568     Document Type: Article

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