Abundance, not diversity, of host beetle communities determines abundance and diversity of parasitoids in deadwood

Abstract Most parasites and parasitoids are adapted to overcome defense mechanisms of their specific hosts and hence colonize a narrow range of host species. Accordingly, an increase in host functional or phylogenetic dissimilarity is expected to increase the species diversity of parasitoids. Howeve...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Vogel, Andreas Prinzing, Heinz Bußler, Jörg Müller, Stefan Schmidt, Simon Thorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7535