Physical barriers and corridors in urban habitats affect colonisation and parasitism rates of a specialist leaf miner

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-679

  Peralta, Guadalupe ^a,b   Fenoglio, Maria Silvina ^b   Salvo, Adriana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal; Herbivore insect; Parasitoid; Predator prey; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEAFMINER; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN REGION;

AGROMYZIDAE; COMMELINA; COMMELINA ERECTA; HEXAPODA; LIRIOMYZA COMMELINAE;

EID: 81855166830     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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