The fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) have obligate arrhenotoky and a breeding structure that fits local mate competition (LMC). It has been traditionally assumed that LMC organisms adjust the sex ratio by laying a greater proportion of male eggs when there is superparasitism (several foundresses in a host). We tested the assumption with two wasp species, Pegoscapus silvestrii, pollinator of Ficus pertusa and Pegoscapus tonduzi, pollinator of Ficus eximia (= F. citrifolia), in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. Total number of wasps and seeds were recorded in individual isolated naturally colonized syconia. There was a constant additive effect between the number of foundresses and the number of males produced in the brood of a s...
Under local mate competition, sex ratio theory predicts that increasing numbers of ovipositing femal...
In many species, mating takes place in temporary patches where only a small number of females produc...
In this study, we experimentally examined the ovipositing sequence of the pollinator Ceratosolen fus...
The fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) have obligate arrhenotoky and a breeding structur...
Ficus pertusa (Moraceae), a common Neotropical fig, is host to one pollinating (Agaonidae) and three...
In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers inside the fi...
The area of sex-ratio theory known as 'local mate competition' is analyzed and extended. New models ...
In fig wasps, mating occurs among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers within the fig, fr...
(With 3 figures) In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress moth...
Under local mate competition, sex ratio theory predicts that increasing numbers of ovipositing femal...
Mutualisms play a key role in most ecosystems, yet the mechanisms that prevent overexploitation of t...
International audienceLocal mate competition (LMC) favours female biased clutch sex ratios because i...
Local mate competition (LMC) favours female biased clutch sex ratios because it reduces competition ...
The populations of many species are structured such that mating is not random and occurs between mem...
The simultaneous optimization of clutch size and sex ratio is a tricky problem. Unless parameters su...
Under local mate competition, sex ratio theory predicts that increasing numbers of ovipositing femal...
In many species, mating takes place in temporary patches where only a small number of females produc...
In this study, we experimentally examined the ovipositing sequence of the pollinator Ceratosolen fus...
The fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) have obligate arrhenotoky and a breeding structur...
Ficus pertusa (Moraceae), a common Neotropical fig, is host to one pollinating (Agaonidae) and three...
In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers inside the fi...
The area of sex-ratio theory known as 'local mate competition' is analyzed and extended. New models ...
In fig wasps, mating occurs among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers within the fig, fr...
(With 3 figures) In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress moth...
Under local mate competition, sex ratio theory predicts that increasing numbers of ovipositing femal...
Mutualisms play a key role in most ecosystems, yet the mechanisms that prevent overexploitation of t...
International audienceLocal mate competition (LMC) favours female biased clutch sex ratios because i...
Local mate competition (LMC) favours female biased clutch sex ratios because it reduces competition ...
The populations of many species are structured such that mating is not random and occurs between mem...
The simultaneous optimization of clutch size and sex ratio is a tricky problem. Unless parameters su...
Under local mate competition, sex ratio theory predicts that increasing numbers of ovipositing femal...
In many species, mating takes place in temporary patches where only a small number of females produc...
In this study, we experimentally examined the ovipositing sequence of the pollinator Ceratosolen fus...