Maintenance of specificity in sympatric host-specific fig/wasp pollination mutualisms
Background Fig/wasp pollination mutualisms are extreme examples of species-specific plant-insect symbioses, but incomplete specificity occurs, with potentially important evolutionary consequences. Why pollinators enter alternative hosts, and the fates of pollinators and the figs they enter, are unkn...
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PeerJ Inc.
2022-08-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/13897.pdf |