Brood pollination mutualisms—interactions in which specialized insects are both the
pollinators (as adults) and seed predators (as larvae) of their host plants—have been …

The purposes of this paper are to clarify the taxonomic status of the fig-pollinating wasp
associate Schistonchus sensu lato (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) and to suggest directions …

The ways that plant‐feeding insects have diversified are central to our understanding of
terrestrial ecosystems. Obligate nursery pollination mutualisms provide highly relevant …

Background Understanding biodiversity patterns and their underlying mechanisms is of
interest to ecologists, biogeographers and conservationists and is critically important for …

Shallow water anthozoans, the major builders of modern coral reefs, enhance their
metabolic and calcification rates with algal symbionts. Controversy exists over whether these …

Combining biogeographic, ecological, morphological, molecular and chemical data, we
document departure from strict specialization in the fig-pollinating wasp mutualism. We show …

Ficus and their mutualistic pollinating wasps provide a unique model to investigate joint
diversification in a high dispersal system. We investigate genetic structuring in an extremely …

Background Symbiotic relationships have contributed to major evolutionary innovations, the
maintenance of fundamental ecosystem functions, and the generation and maintenance of …

Differences in breeding system are associated with correlated ecological and morphological
changes in plants. In Ficus, dioecy and monoecy are strongly associated with different suites …

Floral scents are important signals for communication between plants and pollinators.
Several studies have focused on interspecific variation of these signals, but little is known …