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Parasitoids as model organisms for ecologists
Author(s) -
Godfray H. C. J.,
Shimada Masakazu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/pl00011980
Subject(s) - ecology , biology , parasitoid , community , behavioral ecology , population , subject (documents) , population ecology , natural enemies , habitat , sociology , library science , demography , computer science
This paper introduces the special issue of this journal, which is devoted to parasitoid ecology. We provide a brief review of the role that parasitoids have played in research in population, community, and behavioral ecology and speculate on their future importance to the subject.