Periodic local disturbance in host-parasitoid metapopulations: host suppression and parasitoid persistence.

Journal article

Within many agricultural systems, insect pests and their natural enemies are forced to persist as a metapopulation, continuously recolonizing patches following disturbance through harvesting or spraying with insecticides. Despite the need to understand factors influencing biocontrol success, few theoretical studies of host-parasitoid interactions have examined the potential impact of local disturbance within a metapopulation framework. Here, we add periodic local mortality to series of classi...

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Authors: Childs, D; Bonsall, M; Rees, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of theoretical biology
• Volume: 227
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-23
• Publication date: 2004-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5193(03)00293-5
• EISSN: 1095-8541
• ISSN: 0022-5193
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Pest Control, Biological; Ecosystem; Population Dynamics; Models, Biological; Periodicity; Host-Parasite Interactions; Stochastic Processes; Insects