A role for parasites in stabilising the fig-pollinator mutualism

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0490-0496

  Dunn, Derek W ^a,b,c   Segar, Simon T ^a,b   Ridley, Jo ^c   Chan, Ruth ^a   Crozier, Ross H ^d   Yu, Douglas W ^c   Cook, James M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FICUS; FICUS RUBIGINOSA; GALL (PLANT); LARVA; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PARASITE; POLLINATOR; PROGENY; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SYMBIOSIS; WASP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS RUBIGINOSA; VESPOIDEA;

ANIMALS; FICUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVUM; PARASITES; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

EID: 41749105954     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060059     Document Type: Article

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