Direct evidence for the cycling of fig wasps within one male fig tree
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Figs and fig wasps
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عنوان ژورنال: Nordic Journal of Botany
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0107-055X,1756-1051
DOI: 10.1111/j.0107-055x.2007.021.x