Lethal interactions between parasites and prey increase niche diversity in a tropical community

Science

Volumn 343, Issue 6176, 2014, Pages 1240-1244

  Condon, Marty A ^a   Scheffer, Sonja J ^b   Lewis, Matthew L ^b   Wharton, Robert ^c   Adams, Dean C ^d,e   Forbes, Andrew A ^f  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Iowa State University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIALIZATION; SYMPATRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASP;

ARTICLE; BLEPHARONEURA; CUCURBITACEAE; DIPTERA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEPHRITIDAE; WASP; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; EMBRYOLOGY; FLOWER; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPA;

PERU;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CUCURBITACEAE; FLOWERS; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERU; PUPA; TEPHRITIDAE; WASPS;

EID: 84896034900     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1245007     Document Type: Article

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