Adaptive significance of phenological variation among monoecious hemi-epiphytic figs in Borneo

Symbiosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Harrison, Rhett D ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Co evolution; Ficus; Fruit production; Mutualism; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COEVOLUTION; EPIPHYTE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MONOECY; MUTUALISM; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; WASP;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGAONIDAE;

EID: 41549150444     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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