Indirect interaction between butterfly species mediated by a shared pupal parasitoid

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-260

  van Nouhuys, Saskya ^a,b   Kraft, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Commensalism; Community; Foraging behaviour; Melitaea cinxia; Pteromalus apum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; COMMENSALISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; SYMMETRY;

MELITAEA CINXIA; PTEROMALUS APUM;

EID: 84859106877     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0302-5     Document Type: Article

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