A fig crop pollinated by three or more species of agaonid fig wasps

African Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Compton, S G ^a   Grehan, K ^b   Van Noort, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Tropical Biology Association   (United Kingdom)

^c IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Ficus; Host specificity; Hybrid; Parasitoid; Pollination; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; ALFONSIELLA; ALFONSIELLA LONGISCAPA; ELISABETHIELLA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS NATALENSIS;

EID: 77649244625     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.017.0212     Document Type: Article

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