Insect parasitoid species respond to forest structure at different spatial scales

Roland and Taylor present data that give empirical support to the argument that changes in landscape structure can alter the normal functioning of ecological processes such as parasitism, with large-scale population consequences.

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 386; no. 6626; pp. 710 - 713
Main Authors:	Roland, Jens, Taylor, Philip D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing 17-04-1997 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal populations Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Ecology Forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Insects Lasiocampidae Malacosoma disstria Parasites Parasitism Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Canada Alberta North America America Canada, Alberta Host parasite relation Forests Insecta Environmental factor Spatial scale Lasiocampidae Fragmentation Parasitoid Arthropoda Lepidoptera Population dynamics Habitat Parasitism rate Invertebrata Structure Diptera Malacosoma disstria
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Summary:	Roland and Taylor present data that give empirical support to the argument that changes in landscape structure can alter the normal functioning of ecological processes such as parasitism, with large-scale population consequences.
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ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/386710a0