Parasitoids are major components of terrestrial ecosystems and may constitute up to 20% of all insect species. We have studied parasitoid communities associated with phytophagous insects to understand general patterns of terrestrial biotic communities.

Publications

Kageyama, A. & Sugiura, S. (2016) Caterpillar hairs as an anti-parasitoid defence. The Science of Nature – Naturwissenschaften, 103:86.

Sugiura, S. (2011) Structure and dynamics of the parasitoid community shared by two herbivore species on different host plants. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 5(1): 29-38.

Sugiura, S. (2007) The structure of a herbivore-parasitoid community: Are parasitoids shared by different herbivore guilds? Basic and Applied Ecology, 8(6): 544-551.