Changes in host-parasitoid food web structure with elevation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 353-363

  Maunsell, Sarah C ^a   Kitching, Roger L ^a   Burwell, Chris J ^a,b   Morris, Rebecca J ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevation; Experimental manipulation; Food web; Herbivores; Leaf miner; Parasitoid; Quantitative network structure; Species interactions; Subtropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ELEVATION; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEAFMINER; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA;

AGROMYZIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RAIN FOREST; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923071904     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12285     Document Type: Article

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