Shrinking by numbers: Landscape context affects the species composition but not the quantitative structure of local food webs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 622-631

  Kaartinen, Riikka ^a   Roslin, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Connectivity; Gall wasp; Leaf miner; Metacommunity; Oak; Parasitoid; Quantitative food web; Quercus robur; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE; LEAFMINER; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; QUERCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WASPS;

AGROMYZIDAE; CYNIPIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 79953324134     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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