Pollinator sharing in dioecious figs (Ficus: Moraceae)
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Pollinator sharing in dioecious figs (Ficus: Moraceae)
As one of the most specialized pollination syndromes, the fig (Ficus)–fig wasp (Agaonidae) mutualism can shed light on how pollinator behaviour and specificity affect plant diversification through processes such as reproductive isolation and hybridization. Pollinator sharing among species has important implications for Ficus species delimitation and the evolutionary history of the mutualism. Al...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01669.x