Oviposition strategies, host coercion and the stable exploitation of figs by wasps

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1544, 2004, Pages 1185-1195

  Yu, Douglas W ^a   Ridley, Jo ^a   Jousselin, Emmanuelle ^b   Herre, Edward Allen ^c   Compton, Stephen G ^d   Cook, James M ^e   Moore, Jamie C ^f   Weiblen, George D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Ficus; Host coercion; Mutualism; Pollination; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; POLLINATION; VIRULENCE; WASP;

ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FIG; HOST; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

FICUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); VESPIDAE;

EID: 2942604627     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2630     Document Type: Article

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