Publications

foundress re-emergence and fig permeability in fig tree-wasp mutualisms.	some female pollinating fig wasps (foundresses) re-emerge from figs after oviposition/pollination. we investigated why this occurs in the mutualism between the gynodioecious ficus montana and liporrhopalum tentacularis. re-emergence increased with foundress density in figs and some foundresses oviposited in two male figs, indicating that they re-emerge because of oviposition site limitation. re-emergence was independent of fig diameter, indicating that permeability is not because of fig age at e ...	2003	14640410
only pollinator fig wasps have males that collaborate to release their females from figs of an asian fig tree.	male insects rarely collaborate with each other, but pollinator fig wasps (hymenoptera: agaonidae) are said to be an exception. immature fig wasps feed on galled ovules located inside figs, the inflorescences of ficus species (moraceae). after mating, adult pollinator males chew communal exit-holes that allow mated females (which are often also their siblings) to escape. figs also support non-pollinating fig wasps (npfws), some of which produce exit-holes independently. we determined whether col ...	2012	22130170