| How to be an ant on figs | |
| Bain, A; Harrison, RD; Schatz, B | |
| 2014 | |
| Source Publication | ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1146-609X |
| Volume | 57Issue:xPages:97-108 |
| Abstract | Mutualistic interactions are open to exploitation by one or other of the partners and a diversity of other organisms, and hence are best understood as being embedded in a complex network of biotic interactions. Figs participate in an obligate mutualism in that figs are dependent on agaonid fig wasps for pollination and the wasps are dependent on fig ovules for brood sites. Ants are common insect predators and abundant in tropical forests. Ants have been recorded on approximately 11% of fig species, including all six subgenera, and often affect the fig-fig pollinator interaction through their predation of either pollinating and parasitic wasps. On monoecious figs, ants are often associated with hemipterans, whereas in dioecious figs ants predominantly prey on fig wasps. A few fig species are true myrmecophytes, with domatia or food rewards for ants, and in at least one species this is linked to predation of parasitic fig wasps. Ants also play a role in dispersal of fig seeds and may be particularly important for hemi-epiphytic species, which require high quality establishment microsites in the canopy. The intersection between the fig-fig pollinator and ant-plant systems promises to provide fertile ground for understanding mutualistic interactions within the context of complex interaction networks. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
| Keyword | Agaonidae Ants Ant-plant Interactions Ficus Fig Wasp Mutualism Pollination Tropical Forest |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/5075 |
| Collection | 其他 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Bain, A,Harrison, RD,Schatz, B. How to be an ant on figs[J]. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,2014,57(x):97-108. |
| APA | Bain, A,Harrison, RD,&Schatz, B.(2014).How to be an ant on figs.ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,57(x),97-108. |
| MLA | Bain, A,et al."How to be an ant on figs".ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 57.x(2014):97-108. |
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