New Species Assemblages Disrupt Obligatory Mutualisms Between Figs and Their Pollinators

New Species Assemblages Disrupt Obligatory Mutualisms Between Figs and Their Pollinators

The reliance of each fig species on its specific pollinator wasp, and vice versa, is the archetype of both obligatory mutualism and coevolution. Pollinator sharing between host fig species is only known to occur among closely related sympatric species. On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, we gathered sy...

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Main Authors: Jared Bernard, Kelsey C. Brock, Veronica Tonnell, Seana K. Walsh, Jonathan P. Wenger, Dustin Wolkis, George D. Weiblen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
codiversification
convergent evolution
Ficus
fig wasps
fundamental niche
geographic mosaic theory
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.564653/full

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