COEVOLUTION AND CONSTRAINTS IN A NEOTROPICAL FIG - POLLINATOR WASP MUTUALISM (COSTA RICA).

Résumé du livre

hasn't the short-lived wasp evolved an ovipositor long enough to reach every fig ovary? I found that relative style and ovipositor lengths were in fact not important in regulating wasp fecundity. Limited egg loads and high larval mortality were more critical. Seed set did not fall as wasp production rose, implying that higher wasp fecundity is not costly for the fig. The absence of direct tradeoffs in success between partners helps explain the great evolutionary success of the fig pollination mutualism.