A species of fig tree and three unrelated fig wasp pollinators

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-620

  Zhang, Feng Ping ^a,b   Peng, Yan Qiong ^a   Guan, Jun Ming ^a,b   Yang, Da Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ficus; Mutualism; Non pollinating fig wasps; Parasitism; Pollinating fig wasp

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; EUPRISTINA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 47549090132     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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