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Selective resource allocation may promote a sex ratio in pollinator fig wasps more beneficial for the host tree

Mutualisms play a key role in most ecosystems, yet the mechanisms that prevent overexploitation of the mutualistic relationship are still poorly understood. In the mutualism between fig trees and their pollinating wasps both partners depend on each other. Fig trees benefit from female wasps that dis...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhao-Tian, Peng, Yan-Qiong, Wen, Xiao-Lan, Jandér, K. Charlotte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27731351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35159