Body Size, Life History and the Structure of Host-Parasitoid Networks

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2011, Pages 135-180

  Henri, Dominic C ^a   Van Veen, F J Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Food web; Host parasitoid system; Koinobosis; Predator prey webs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053204197     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386475-8.00004-6     Document Type: Chapter

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