Interspecific competition among aphid parasitoids: molecular approaches reveal preferential exploitation of parasitized hosts

Abstract When a guild of species exploit the same limited resources, interspecific competition induces the exclusion of inferior competitors, in which case, interspecific recognition mechanisms are needed. Here, we address resource partitioning and interspecific competition among three main solitary...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Ortiz-Martínez, Jean-Sébastien Pierre, Joan van Baaren, Cécile Le Lann, Francisca Zepeda-Paulo, Blas Lavandero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56187-3