Plant Allelochemicals, Tritrophic Interactions and the Anomalous Diversity of Tropical Parasitoids: The "Nasty" Host Hypothesis

The number of species in many groups of parasitoid Hymenoptera does not increase rapidly with decreasing latitude. Discussion of the processes generating this pattern has focussed upon changes in host demographic traits and upon the effect of seasonality. Here we advance a further and compatible hyp...

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Published in:	Oikos Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 353 - 357
Main Authors:	Gauld, Ian D., Gaston, Kevin J., Janzen, Daniel H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Munksgaard International Publishers, Ltd 01-11-1992 Blackwell
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Evolution Forum Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hymenoptera Insect ecology Insect eggs Insect larvae Invertebrates Parasite hosts Parasitism Parasitoids Phytophagous insects Species Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Toxicity Host parasite relation Parasitoid Animal plant relation Tropical zone Defense mechanism Latitude Allelochemicals Species richness Geographical variation
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