Evidence for intersexual chemical mimicry in a dioecious plant

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 978-985

  Soler, Catherine C L ^a   Proffit, Magali ^b   Bessière, Jean Marie ^c   Hossaert Mckey, Martine ^a   Schatz, Bertrand ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT CHARLES GERHARDT   (France)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Ficus; Fig wasps; Intersexual mimicry; Mutualism; Scent; Selection pressure

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; FICUS CARICA;

EID: 84931749070     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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