Ficus pertusa (Moraceae), a common Neotropical fig, is host to one pollinating (Agaonidae) and three nonpollinating (Torymidae) fig wasps. Bronstein (1991) addressed interspecies interactions between these species and suggested they may be partitioning resources within individual fig inflorescences (syconia) due to a forced association and observed morphological differences. I tested whether or not these wasps’ partition oviposition sites within a fig based upon distance from the syconium wall. Also, these wasps exhibit different reproductive strategies that vary the degree of local mate competition (LMC) between brothers for mates. LMC and inbreeding have been used to explain female-biased sex ratios (Harre 1985; Frank 1985) and this syste...
We used recently developed microsatellites to directly estimate inbreeding levels in two pairs of co...
Fig trees (Ficus spp.) are pollinated by tiny wasps that enter their enclosed inflorescences (syconi...
(With 3 figures) In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress moth...
The fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) have obligate arrhenotoky and a breeding structur...
1. Fig trees (Moraceae: Ficus) are keystone species, whose ecosystem function relies on an obligate ...
In fig wasps, mating occurs among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers within the fig, fr...
The populations of many species are structured such that mating is not random and occurs between mem...
Mutualisms play a key role in most ecosystems, yet the mechanisms that prevent overexploitation of t...
Partners in mutalisms often have conflicting evolutionary goals. I examined the nature and consequen...
The area of sex-ratio theory known as 'local mate competition' is analyzed and extended. New models ...
1. Facilitation is recorded from diverse plant-insect interactions, including pollination and herbiv...
In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers inside the fi...
We report evidence that helps resolve two competing explanations for stability in the mutualism betw...
1. Pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) display sex ratio adjustment, producing less femal...
1. Fig trees (Ficus) are pollinated only by agaonid wasps, whose larvae also gall fig ovules. Each o...
We used recently developed microsatellites to directly estimate inbreeding levels in two pairs of co...
Fig trees (Ficus spp.) are pollinated by tiny wasps that enter their enclosed inflorescences (syconi...
(With 3 figures) In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress moth...
The fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) have obligate arrhenotoky and a breeding structur...
1. Fig trees (Moraceae: Ficus) are keystone species, whose ecosystem function relies on an obligate ...
In fig wasps, mating occurs among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers within the fig, fr...
The populations of many species are structured such that mating is not random and occurs between mem...
Mutualisms play a key role in most ecosystems, yet the mechanisms that prevent overexploitation of t...
Partners in mutalisms often have conflicting evolutionary goals. I examined the nature and consequen...
The area of sex-ratio theory known as 'local mate competition' is analyzed and extended. New models ...
1. Facilitation is recorded from diverse plant-insect interactions, including pollination and herbiv...
In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers inside the fi...
We report evidence that helps resolve two competing explanations for stability in the mutualism betw...
1. Pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) display sex ratio adjustment, producing less femal...
1. Fig trees (Ficus) are pollinated only by agaonid wasps, whose larvae also gall fig ovules. Each o...
We used recently developed microsatellites to directly estimate inbreeding levels in two pairs of co...
Fig trees (Ficus spp.) are pollinated by tiny wasps that enter their enclosed inflorescences (syconi...
(With 3 figures) In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress moth...