Interference competition and high temperatures reduce the virulence of fig wasps and stabilize a fig-wasp mutualism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Rui Wu ^a   Ridley, Jo ^b   Sun, Bao Fa ^a,c   Zheng, Qi ^a,d   Dunn, Derek W ^b,e   Cook, James ^e   Shi, Lei ^f   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a   Yu, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIG; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OVULE; POLLINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; WASP; WINTER; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FICUS; HEAT; LONGEVITY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS RACEMOSA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FICUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; POLLINATION; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; WASPS;

EID: 70649104034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007802     Document Type: Article

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