Floral volatiles, pollinator sharing and diversification in the fig-wasp mutualism: Insights from Ficus natalensis, and its two wasp pollinators (South Africa)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1734, 2012, Pages 1731-1739

  Cornille, A ^a,b   Underhill, J G ^c,d,e   Cruaud, A ^f   Hossaert McKey, M ^a   Johnson, S D ^b   Tolley, K A ^e,g   Kjellberg, F ^a   van Noort, S ^c,d   Proffit, M ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Host switch; Mutualism; Specificity; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RANGE EXPANSION; SHRUB; SPECIALIZATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

AFRICA;

AGAONIDAE; ELISABETHIELLA; FICUS BURKEI; FICUS NATALENSIS;

EID: 84858774087     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1972     Document Type: Article

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