Quantitative tests of interaction between pollinating and non-pollinating fig wasps on dioecious Ficus hispida

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-77

  Peng, Yan Q ^a,b   Yang, Da R ^a   Wang, Qiu Y ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Apocrypta; Ceratosolen; Ficus; Mutualism; Oviposition timing; Parasitism; Philotrypesis; Pollination; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; POLLINATION; WASP;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; APOCRYPTA; APOCRYPTA BAKERI; CERATOSOLEN; CERATOSOLEN SOLMSI; CHALCIDIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HYMENOPTERA; PHILOTRYPESIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 13544256460     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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