The benefits of pollination for a fig wasp

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Tarachai Y., Compton S.G., Trisonthi C.
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41549140233&partnerID=40&md5=aee5868f0e64ec6594b3280497b6237b; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5590

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...