Insect symbionts in food webs

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1702, 2016, Pages

  McLean, Ailsa H C ^a   Parker, Benjamin J ^a,c   Hrček, Jan ^a,d   Henry, Lee M ^b,e   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid; Food web; Mutualism; Resistance; Symbiont; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

APHID; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FOOD WEB; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NATURAL ENEMY;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; APHID; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FOOD CHAIN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84982851747     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0325     Document Type: Review

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