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Figs and fig wasps

 

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Ficus

 

Diversity and distribution of fig trees

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Fig wasps

 

Fig wasps and their diversity

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Fig wasp - fig tree mutualism 

 

Biology of the interaction between fig wasps and fig trees

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Other insects and fig trees 

 

Interaction between other insects and fig trees

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Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores including humans

 

Who feeds on figs. Do we eat fig wasps when we eat figs?

 

Photo © Duncan Butchart

Research

Research and conferences on figs and fig wasps

References

Fig and fig wasp references

 

Published literature on fig trees and fig wasps

 

Figs of Southern & South-Central Africa

 

Brochure of John and Sandra Burrows' fig book published in December 2003

 

Video on figs and fig wasps

 

A 26 minute film by Georges Michaloud

An initiative funded in part by the South African National Research Foundation under grant number (GUN 2074829)

 


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