An Extreme Case of Plant–Insect Codiversification: Figs and Fig-Pollinating Wasps
- A. Cruaud, N. Rønsted, V. Savolainen
- Biology, Environmental ScienceSystematic Biology
- 4 October 2012
Biogeographic analyses indicate that the present-day distribution of fig and pollinator lineages is consistent with a Eurasian origin and subsequent dispersal, rather than with Gondwanan vicariance.
Comparison of genetic diversity of the invasive weed Rubus alceifolius Poir. (Rosaceae) in its native range and in areas of introduction, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers
- L. Amsellem, J. Noyer, T. Le Bourgeois, M. Hossaert-McKey
- Environmental ScienceMolecular Ecology
- 1 April 2000
The genetic diversity of Rubus alceifolius was studied with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers in its native range in southeast Asia and in several areas where this plant has been introduced and is now a serious weed (Indian Ocean islands, Australia).
Small‐scale spatial genetic structure in the Central African rainforest tree species Aucoumea klaineana: a stepwise approach to infer the impact of limited gene dispersal, population history and…
- C. Born, O. Hardy, M. Hossaert-McKey
- Environmental ScienceMolecular Ecology
- 1 April 2008
In A. klaineana, the balance between drift and dispersal may facilitate the maintenance of genetic diversity, and from the strength of the SGS and population density, an indirect estimate of gene dispersal distances was obtained for one site.
Leaf volatile compounds and the distribution of ant patrollingin an ant-plant protection mutualism: Preliminary results onLeonardoxa (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) andPetalomyrmex(Formicidae:…
- C. Brouat, D. McKey, J. Bessière, L. Pascal, M. Hossaert-McKey
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2000
Ancient and recent evolutionary history of the bruchid beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, a cosmopolitan pest of beans
- N. Alvarez, D. McKey, M. Hossaert-McKey, C. Born, L. Mercier, B. Benrey
- BiologyMolecular Ecology
- 4 March 2005
The data suggest the alternative hypothesis that multivoltinism is an older trait, adapted to exploit the year‐round fruiting of wild beans in relatively aseasonal habitats, and allowed A. obtectus to become a pest in bean granaries.
Specific Attraction of Fig-Pollinating Wasps: Role of Volatile Compounds Released by Tropical Figs
- L. Grison-Pigé, J. Bessière, M. Hossaert-McKey
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Chemical Ecology
- 1 February 2002
This work investigated the floral scents of four tropical fig species and combined chemical analysis with biological tests of stimulation of insects, finding that pollinators of three species were stimulated by the odor of their associated figspecies and generally not by the aroma of another species.
Private channel: a single unusual compound assures specific pollinator attraction in Ficus semicordata
- Chun Chen, Qishi Song, M. Proffit, J. Bessière, Zong-Bo Li, M. Hossaert-McKey
- Biology
- 1 October 2009
Results suggest that 4-methylanisole is the main signal compound in the floral scent of F. semicordata that attracts its obligate pollinator to the host figs at the precise stage required for pollination and oviposition.
Life history correlates of inbreeding depression in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)
- M. Charpentier, J. Setchell, M. Hossaert-McKey
- BiologyMolecular Ecology
- 17 October 2005
It is suggested that sex‐biased maternal investment may explain this sex‐differential response to inbreeding, although the lack of a significant association between inbreeding and growth in males may also be due to the provisioned nature of the colony.
Fig volatile compounds--a first comparative study.
- L. Grison-Pigé, M. Hossaert-McKey, J. Greeff, J. Bessière
- Environmental SciencePhytochemistry
- 1 September 2002
Blue tits use selected plants and olfaction to maintain an aromatic environment for nestlings
- Cecile Petit, M. Hossaert-McKey, P. Perret, J. Blondel, M. Lambrechts
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 1 July 2002
It is shown that blue tits on the island of Corsica (Parus caeruleus ogliastrae) adorn their nests with fragments of aromatic plants, supporting predictions of the nest protection hypothesis.
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