Fig volatiles: Their role in attracting pollinators and maintaining pollinator specificity

Ware, Anthony B.; Kaye, Perry T.; Compton, Stephen G.; Noort, Simon van

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“…Pollinating wasps and pollination -Ficus eximia pollinators are attracted to figs when female flowers are receptive (female phase). Studies have demonstrated that pollinator attraction is mediated through volatile chemicals released from figs in the receptive phase (van-Noort et al 1989, Ware et al 1993, Hossaert-McKey et al 1994, Ware & Compton 1994. The pollinator of F. eximia penetrates the ostiole crawling through the bracts, and its wings and parts of antennae usually break off during this process.…”

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Pollination and other biotic interactions in figs of Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae)

2000

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-(Pollination and other biotic interactions in figs of Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae)). During the period from 1992 to 1997, interactions of several organisms and Ficus eximia figs, a monoecious species, were studied in plants located in Campinas/SP and Londrina/PR (Brazil). Ficus eximia is pollinated by a single fig wasp species, Pegoscapus sp. (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae, Agaoninae), but also visited by other 14 non-pollinating wasps (Agaonidae, Eurytomidae, Torymidae). Mites (Tarsonemidae), nematodes (Diplogasteridae) and fungi which use the body of the pollinating fig wasp to disperse themselves were also observed.RESUMO -(Polinização e outras interações bióticas em sicônios de Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae)). Durante o período de 1992 a 1997, as interações de vários organismos e figos de Ficus eximia, uma espécie monóica, foram estudadas em plantas localizadas em Campinas/SP e Londrina/PR (Brasil). Ficus eximia é polinizada por uma única espécie de vespa de figo, Pegoscapus sp. (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae, Agaoninae), e associada a outras 14 espécies de vespas não-polinizadoras (Agaonidae, Eurytomidae, Torymidae). Ácaros (Tarsonemidae), nematóides (Diplogasteridae) e fungos, os quais utilizam o corpo da vespa polinizadora para se dispersarem, foram também observados.

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Pollination and other biotic interactions in figs of Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae)

2000

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“…Mobile species exhibit other suites of traits that increase the success of their mutualisms. Certain organisms, both terrestrial and aquatic, show remarkable abilities to track species-specific volatile substances released by physically distant, immobile mutualists (Ware et al 1993;Brooks and Rittschof 1995;Elliott et al 1995;Takabayashi and Dicke 1996). Larger and more cognitively advanced species learn where mutualists are likely to be found, and can shift to new areas when this distribution changes (Bronstein 1995).…”

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Coevolutionary Dynamics and the Conservation of Mutualisms

Bronstein¹,

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Ferrière

2004

Evolutionary Conservation Biology

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“…When the female flowers reach maturity and the stigmas become attractive, the female wasps, loaded of pollen and attracted by volatile substances, crawl through the ostiolar bracts and enter the fig cavity (Ware et al 1993). These foundresses lay eggs through styli of a certain proportion of the female flowers, pollinate some other ones and then die (Gibernau et al 1996).…”

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“…However, the mechanism that determines this specificity is not clearly understood (Ware et al 1993). Although the vast majority of the well-known interactions involve a fig with a specific fig wasp, some exceptions have been recorded (Wiebes 1979).…”

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Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) Associated to Ficus mexiae Standl (Moraceae) in Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Schiffler¹

2002

Neotrop. Entomol.

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Vespas do Figo (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) Associadas a Ficus mexiae Standl em Lavras, Minas Gerais RESUMO -A escassez de trabalhos a respeito da fauna de vespas do figo no Brasil motivou o presente estudo, que teve como objetivo apresentar os gêneros de Agaonidae (Hymenoptera) associados a sicônios de Ficus mexiae Standl. O estudo foi conduzido em um espécime nativo de F. mexiae, situado no câmpus da Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais. Foram encontrados quatro gêneros de Agaonidae, pertencentes a três subfamílias, ocorrendo no interior dos sicônios. As vespas dos gêneros Aepocerus, Heterandrium e Idarnes não são polinizadoras e as outras duas espécies, pertencentes ao gênero Pegoscapus Cameron, são vespas polinizadoras. As espécies polinizadoras foram encontradas co-ocorrendo em vários sicônios da mesma figueira. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Aepocerus, Heterandrium, Idarnes, Pegoscapus, co-ocorrência ABSTRACT -The paucity of information on the fauna of the fig wasp inBrazil motivated the present research work, which intended to report the genera of Agaonidae that occur associated to syconia of Ficus mexiae Standl in this country. The study was conducted on one individual F. mexiae plant, located at the campus of the Federal University of Lavras, Lavras County, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Four different genera of Agaonidae, from three different subfamilies were found occurring inside the syconia. Three species from the genera Aepocerus, Heterandrium and Idarnes were nonpollinator wasps, while the other two were pollinating wasps of the genus Pegoscapus. The pollinator species were found co-occurring in many syconia of the same fig tree

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Fig volatiles: Their role in attracting pollinators and maintaining pollinator specificity

Cited by 106 publications

References 20 publications

Pollination and other biotic interactions in figs of Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae)

Pollination and other biotic interactions in figs of Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae)

Coevolutionary Dynamics and the Conservation of Mutualisms

Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) Associated to Ficus mexiae Standl (Moraceae) in Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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