Interactions between fig wasps and their host figs
Fig trees (Ficus spp.) and fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) are partners in an intimate mutualism. The trees provide ovules in which wasp larvae develop while the wasps pollinate the flowers and are therefore indispensible for fig seed production. Agaonid fig wasps oviposit down the styles of fig...
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Rhodes University
1990
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005404 |