Pollination and parasitism in functionally dioecious figs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1467, 2001, Pages 651-659

  Weiblen, G D ^a   Yu, D W ^a   West, S A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Ficus; Mutualism; Parasitism; Pollination

Indexed keywords

MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; FICUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HYMENOPTERA; MORACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0035932317     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1389     Document Type: Article

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