Parasitism rate, parasitoid community composition and host specificity on exposed and semi-concealed caterpillars from a tropical rainforest

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 521-532

  Hrcek, Jan ^a   Miller, Scott E ^b   Whitfield, James B ^c   Shima, Hiroshi ^d   Novotny, Vojtech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community structure; External feeding; Lepidoptera; Malesia; Specialization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AGROMYZIDAE; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; TACHINIDAE; TORTRICIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; MOTH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; MOTHS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84884812865     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2619-6     Document Type: Article

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