Comparative community ecology studies on old world figs and fig wasps

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2832-2849

  Kerdelhue, C ^a   Rossi, J P ^a   Rasplus, J Y ^a  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition; Ficus; Fig; Gallmakers; Guild; Interactions; Mut ualism; Niche; Nonpollinating fig wasps; Parasitoids; Path analysis; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MUTUALISM; PARASITOID; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; WASP;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE;

HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033782482     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2832:CCESOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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