Consistently high incidence of Wolbachia in global fig wasp communities

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Ahmed, Muhammad Z ^a   Greyvenstein, Ockert F C ^a   Erasmus, Christoff ^a   Welch, John J ^b   Greeff, Jaco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fig trees; Non pollinators; Pollinators; Sex ratio; Wolbachia incidence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NICHE; TAXONOMY; WASP;

EID: 84874987537     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12002     Document Type: Article

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