Host sanctions and pollinator cheating in the fig tree-fig wasp mutualism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1687, 2010, Pages 1481-1488

  Charlotte Jander D K ^a,b,c   Allen Herre, Edward ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cheating; Cooperation; Exploitation; Fig; Mutualism; Sanctions

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SHRUB; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 77952721513     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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