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Lipids as currency in ecological interactions: Competition and facilitation between two lipid scavenging parasitoids
M. Lammers, T. A. van Gorkum, S. Hoeijmans…·J. Ellers
This study examines competitive interactions between two lipid-scavenging parasitoids, showing that Nasonia vitripennis outcompetes Tachinaephagus zealandicus when parasitizing hosts later, but faces resource limitations due to prior parasitization.
DOI 10.1101/2020.03.11.987453