The ecology and evolution of the New World non-pollinating fig wasp communities

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-458

  West, Stuart A ^a   Herre, Edward Allen ^b   Windsor, Donald M ^b   Green, Philip R S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

coevolution; community structure; density dependence; Ficus; parasites; parasitoid; spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FIG; FIG WASP; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID;

LATIN AMERICA;

AEPOCERUS; AGAONIDAE; CRITOGASTER; FICUS; HYMENOPTERA; IDARNES; MORACEAE;

EID: 0030302888     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00006.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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