An inquiline fig wasp using seeds as a resource for small male production: A potential first step for the evolution of new feeding habits?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Santinelo Pereira, Rodrigo A ^a   De Pádua Teixeira, Simone ^a   Kjellberg, Finn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Ficus; Hymenoptera; Moraceae; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RESOURCE USE; SEED; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; IDARNES; MORACEAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 34548033244     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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