Evidence for a trade-off between host-range breadth and host-use efficiency in aphid parasitoids

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Straub, Cory S ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diet breadth; Phylogenetic signal; Specialist; Trade off

Indexed keywords

APHID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; GUILD; HOST RANGE; HOST USE; PARASITOID; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE;

EID: 79951919374     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658177     Document Type: Article

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