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Figweb
Figweb
| Title: | Figweb |
| Identifier: | http://www.figweb.org/ |
| Creator: | van Noort, Simon; Rasplus, Jean-Yves |
| Publisher: |
Iziko Museum |
| Abstract: | This web site deals with figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and fig wasps, which belong to five hymenoptera families (Agaonidae, Pteromalidae, Ormyridae, Eurytomidae & Torymidae). All species in the family Agaonidae breed in figs, but the Pteromalidae, Ormyridae, Eurytomidae and Torymidae only have a very small proportion of their total species associated with figs. The relationship of the pollinating fig wasps with their host fig tree is an obligate mutualism: the tree relies on the wasps for pollen dispersal and pollination, and in turn the wasps can only reproduce in the florets within the fig. This web site offers a lot of information about this extraordinary ecological interaction. For the figs as well as the fig wasps checklists, classification and identification keys are provided. [Information of the supplier, modified] |
| Table of contents: | Figs (Introduction, Classification, Index to Species, Keys) / Fig Wasps (Diversity, Keys, Checklists) / Biology / Research / References. |
| Subject: |
Synecology and population biology (577.8); Hamamelididae (583.4); Hymenoptera (595.79) » find similar sources! |
| Audience: | Intermediate; Experts |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | website |
| Resource type: | Discipline based websites |
| Access: | free |
| Metadata update date: | 2010-12-15 |
| Metadata provider: |
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| URL of this vifabio-resource: | http://www.vifabio.de/en/iqfBio/detail/6811 |
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