Colonization sequence of non-pollinating fig wasps associated with Ficus citrifolia in Brazil

Symbiosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Elias, L G ^a   Menezes Jr , A O ^b   Pereira, R A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Ficus; Mutualism; Resource exploitation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COLONIZATION; EXPLOITATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PARASITE; WASP;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGAONIDAE; EURYTOMA; FICUS CITRIFOLIA; HETERANDRIUM; IDARNES; TORYMUS;

EID: 41549126803     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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