funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30571507,30670358)
Figs(Ficus, Moraceae) and their pollinating fig wasps(Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Chalcidoidea) are a striking example of obligate mutualism and coevolution. Agaonid females enter the figs to lay their eggs,but also activ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos. 30571507,30670358);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)
Studies on the evolution of tropical taxa emphasize the role ofvicariance and the break-up of Gondwana in explaining modern distributions. Earlier studies on figs (Ficus spp.) support this view. In the current study...
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Professor Jean-Yves Rusplus for identifying the fig wasps of Ficus tinctoria. We wish to thank Stephen Compton for providing help with statistical methods and revising the manuscript. We also thank Iain Taylor, Paolo Pelosi, Roy Turkington, Loren Bell and Kari Malen and anonymous referees for good suggestions and reviewing the manuscript. The authors also thank Zhen-Ji Wang, Jun-Ming Guan, Pei Yang and Yi Zhao for their help with the fieldwork. The study was funded by the Chinese Natural Science Foundation (30571507, 30670358).
Fig trees are important components of tropical forests, because their fruits are eaten by so many vertebrates, but they depend on pollinating fig wasps to produce mature fruits. Disturbance to habitat structure can ha...