Fig wasp dispersal and the stability of a keystone plant resource in Borneo

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Harrison, Rhett D ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Ficus; Mutualism; Pollen dispersal; Pollination

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POLLINATION; RAINFOREST; WASP;

ARTICLE; BORNEO; ECOLOGY; FLIGHT; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WASP; WIND;

BORNEO;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0042531616     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0018     Document Type: Article

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