The benefits of pollination for a fig wasp

• Main Authors: Tarachai Y., Compton S.G., Trisonthi C.
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2014
• 在線閱讀: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41549140233&partnerID=40&md5=aee5868f0e64ec6594b3280497b6237b; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5590
• 機構: Chiang Mai University

We describe aspects of the mutualistic relationship between the dioecious SE Asian fig tree Ficus montana and its pollinator, Liporrhopalum tentacularis. Female wasps actively collect pollen, which they later deposit inside receptive figs that they have entered. Inside male figs, we found that the r...