Fitness costs for fig wasps that fail to pollinate their host Ficus perforata
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DOI: 10.1007/s13199-021-00781-5
Abstract: Mutualisms are of fundamental ecological importance, but risk breaking down if one partner stops paying the costs yet still takes the benefits of the interaction. To prevent such cheating, many mutualisms have mechanisms that lower… read more here.
Keywords: pollinate; fitness costs; fig wasps; host sanctions ... See more keywords
Faster speciation of figâwasps than their host figs leads to decoupled speciation dynamics: Snapshots across the speciation continuum
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.15190
Abstract: Even though speciation involving multiple interacting partners, such as plants and their pollinators, has attracted much research, most studies focus on isolated phases of the process. This currently precludes an integrated understanding of the mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: cospeciation; process; fig wasps; speciation dynamics ... See more keywords
Asymmetric sharing of pollinator fig wasps between two sympatric dioecious fig trees: a reflection of supply and demand or differences in the size of their figs?
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DOI: 10.1186/s40529-022-00338-9
Abstract: Background Host specificity among pollinator fig wasps (Agaonidae) depends on host plant specific volatile cues, but fig wasps must also pass through a narrow physical barrier (the ostiole) if they are to pollinate and oviposit.… read more here.
Keywords: pollinator fig; wasps two; phenology; fig wasps ... See more keywords
Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Lipases in Fig Wasps (Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera)
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DOI: 10.3390/insects13050407
Abstract: Simple Summary Lipases are a large family of enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. Lipids play diverse roles in insect growth and responses to environmental stimuli. Fig wasps are a polyphyletic assemblage of Chalcidoidea that develop… read more here.
Keywords: insects; fig wasps; analysis; fig wasp ... See more keywords