Parasitic assemblages on leafminers: A comparison of structure and function among host orders

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Salvo, Adriana ^a   Valladares, G R ^a   Cagnolo, L ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chaco serrano; Host assemblages; Host order; Parasitism; Parasitoid communities

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 79952588278     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2010.536351     Document Type: Article

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