Physiological determinants of Ficus fruit temperature and implications for survival of pollinator wasp species: comparative physiology through an energy budget approach

Oecologia

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 13-20

  Patino S ^a   Herre, E A ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Ficus fruit; Mutualism; Wasp lethal temperatures Energy budgets

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; FIG WASP; FIG-POLLINATOR SYSTEM; FRUIT TEMPERATURE;

PANAMA;

FICUS;

EID: 0028165155     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317125     Document Type: Article

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