Ecology of parasite Sycophilomorpha sp. on Ficus altissima and its effect on the fig-fig wasp mutualism

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1913-1919

  Peng, Y Q ^a   Zhao, J B ^a,b   Harrison, R D ^a   Yang, D R ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

coevolution; galler; mutualisim; parasitism; syconia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FICUS ALTISSIMA; FIG; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SYCOPHILOMORPHA; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FICUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OVIPOSITION; POLLINATION; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

AGAONIDAE; EPICHRYSOMALLINAE; FICUS ALTISSIMA;

EID: 78650620550     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000727     Document Type: Article

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