Complex interactions between components of individual prey specialization affect mechanisms of niche variation in a grasshopper-hunting wasp

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1123-1133

  Santoro, Davide ^a   Polidori, Carlo ^a   Asís, Josep D ^b   Tormos, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Niche variation hypothesis; Parallel release; Predation; Resource availability; Solitary wasp

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERATION TIME; GRASSHOPPER; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SIZE SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; ORTHOPTERA; SPHECIDAE;

EID: 80053627206     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01874.x     Document Type: Article

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