Deforestation homogenizes tropical parasitoid-host networks

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 91; no. 6; p. 1740
• Main Authors: Laliberté, Etienne, Tylianakis, Jason M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animals; Bees - parasitology; Ecosystem; Ecuador; Forestry; Host-Parasite Interactions; Human Activities; Trees; Tropical Climate; Wasps - parasitology; Wasps - physiology; Ecuador

Human activities drive biotic homogenization (loss of regional diversity) of many taxa. However, whether species interaction networks (e.g., food webs) can also become homogenized remains largely unexplored. Using 48 quantitative parasitoid-host networks replicated through space and time across five...