Extrapolations from field studies and known faunas converge on dramatically increased estimates of global microgastrine parasitoid wasp species richness (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 530-536

  Rodriguez, Josephine J ^a   Fernández Triana, Jose L ^b,c   Smith, M Alex ^b   Janzen, Daniel H ^d   Hallwachs, Winnie ^d   Erwin, Terry L ^e   Whitfield, James B ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CEF   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extrapolation; lepidoptera; microgastrinae; Parasitism; Parasitoid wasps; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880263319     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12003     Document Type: Article

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