Resource allocation for coevolved figs and fig wasps in monoecious figs: Where and how are seeds and wasps produced?

Symbiosis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Yao, Jinyan ^a,b   Zhao, Nanxian ^a   Chen, Yizhu ^a   Jia, Xiaocheng ^a,b   Deng, Yuan ^a,b   Yu, Hui ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Monoecious figs; Resource allocation; Seed and wasp production

Indexed keywords

POLLINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS ALTISSIMA; FICUS BENJAMINA; FICUS MICROCARPA; FICUS VIRENS;

EID: 27644439882     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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