Complex interactions on fig trees: Ants capturing parasitic wasps as possible indirect mutualists of the fig-fig wasp interaction

Oikos

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 344-352

  Schatz, Bertrand ^a   Proffit, Magali ^a   Rakhi, B V ^b   Borges, Renee M ^b   Hossaert Mckey, Martine ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTION; MUTUALISM; PARASITE; POLLINATOR; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; CARICA PAPAYA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS CARICA; FICUS CONDENSA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FORMICIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 33646866549     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.13986.x     Document Type: Article

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