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Premature attraction of pollinators to inaccessible figs of Ficus altissima: a search for ecological and evolutionary consequences. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Adult life spans of only one or two days characterise life cycles of the fig wasps (Agaonidae) that pollinate fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae). Selection is expected to favour traits that maximise the value of the timing of encounters between such ...
Yuan Zhang, Yan-Qiong Peng, Stephen G Compton, Da-Rong Yang   +3 more
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HOST SPECIFICITY OF FIG WASPS (AGAONIDAE) [PDF]

Evolution, 1970
For the development of seeds, the figs (Ficus spp.) are dependent upon small chalcidoid wasps of the family Agaonidae. No other means of pollination of fig flowers is available to the plant, and the wasps cannot develop anywhere except in the gall flowers of the fig.2 There has been considerable difference of opinion as to the degree of host ...
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Human disturbance reduces the network connectivity in female fig wasps more than in males

Global Ecology and Conservation
In ecological communities, the relationships between interacting species are very complex, resulting in nonlinear or even chaotic oscillations. Human activities, such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, overexploitation of natural resources, and ...
Yaxuan Liu, Guangming Zhang, Chen Chen, Zhenyu Liu, Hongqing Wang   +4 more
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The Effect of Ficus semicordata Fig Quality on the Sex Ratio of Its Pollinating Wasp Ceratosolen gravelyi

Diversity
The interaction between fig wasps and their host fig trees (Ficus spp.) is a striking example of an obligate pollination mutualism. Male and female fig wasps are confined within their natal patch instead of panmictic; under this circumstance, mating only
Xiaoyan Yang, Yunfang Guan, Changqi Chen, Ying Zhang, Yulin Yuan, Tiantian Tang, Zongbo Li, Yuan Zhang   +7 more
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The fellowship of the fig continues its journey: Fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) associated with Ficus microcarpa in Greece [PDF]

NeoBiota
The number of alien species continues to climb uninterrupted with a proportion of them becoming invasive, impacting native biodiversity and socioeconomic parameters.
Evangelos Koutsoukos, Anastasia Konstantopoulou, Aristeidis Parmakelis, Jakovos Demetriou, Stephen G. Compton, Christos Georgiadis, Theophanis Constantinidis   +6 more
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Fighting injuries, fig exit, and dimorphism in two species of sycoryctine fig wasp (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2019
Similar to many vertebrate and invertebrate species, many fig wasp species are fighting other members of their species for mates. Fighting between the males of many non-pollinating fig wasp species involves injuries and fatalities.
Da-Mien Wong, Anthony Bain, Shiuh-Feng Shiao, Lien-Siang Chou   +3 more
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Seven Sycoryctine Fig Wasp Species (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) Associated with Dioecious Ficus hirta Inhabiting South China and Southeast Asia

Biology, 2022
Even though non-pollinating fig wasps are essential components in tropical and subtropical habitats, yet they are poorly described in the Oriental communities.
Da-Mien Wong, Songle Fan, Hui Yu
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Data_Sheet_1_Diversity and metabolic potentials of microbial communities associated with pollinator and cheater fig wasps in fig-fig wasp mutualism system.PDF

, 2022
Microbial symbionts can influence a myriad of insect behavioral and physiological traits. However, how microbial communities may shape or be shaped by insect interactions with plants and neighboring species remains underexplored.
Bo Wang (86769), Zheng-Ren Zhang (13798861), Yiyi Dong (8912936), Adam Chun-Nin Wong (7060622), Jie Gao (10266), Yan-Qiong Peng (461839), Jian-Feng Huang (804011), Sandhya Mishra (565995)   +7 more
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Image_4_Diversity and metabolic potentials of microbial communities associated with pollinator and cheater fig wasps in fig-fig wasp mutualism system.JPEG

, 2022
Microbial symbionts can influence a myriad of insect behavioral and physiological traits. However, how microbial communities may shape or be shaped by insect interactions with plants and neighboring species remains underexplored.
Bo Wang (86769), Zheng-Ren Zhang (13798861), Yiyi Dong (8912936), Adam Chun-Nin Wong (7060622), Jie Gao (10266), Yan-Qiong Peng (461839), Jian-Feng Huang (804011), Sandhya Mishra (565995)   +7 more
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Making the most of your pollinators: An epiphytic fig tree encourages its pollinators to roam between figs

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Ficus species are characterized by their unusual enclosed inflorescences (figs) and their relationship with obligate pollinator fig wasps (Agaonidae).
Siti Khairiyah Mohd Hatta, Rupert J. Quinnell, Abd Ghani Idris, Stephen G. Compton   +3 more
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