Spatial ecology of multiple parasitoids of a patchily-distributed host: Implications for species coexistence

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-220

  Klapwijk, Maartje J ^a,b   Lewis, Owen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Fragmentation; Host Parasitoid; Leaf Miner; Metacommunity; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; FRAGMENTATION; GENERALIST; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; LEAFMINER; LIFE HISTORY; METAPOPULATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARASITISM; PATCHINESS; PHENOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIST; WOODLAND;

AGROMYZIDAE; CHRYSOCHARIS GEMMA; CHRYSOCHARIS PUBICORNIS; CYRTOGASTER VULGARIS; ILEX; PHYTOMYZA ILICIS; SPHEGIGASTER;

EID: 79952579480     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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