Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 838-842

  Compton, Stephen G ^a   Ball, Alexander D ^b   Collinson, Margaret E ^c   Hayes, Peta ^d   Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P ^e   Ross, Andrew J ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Electron Microscope Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Amber; Coevolution; Ficus; Mutualism; Pollination

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIOECY; ENTOMOPHILY; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MUTUALISM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASP;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HYMENOPTERA; MORACEAE;

EID: 78649872684     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0389     Document Type: Article

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