Influence of exploitation on population structure, spatial distribution and reproductive success of dioecious species in a fragmented cloud forest in India
- H. Somanathan, R. Borges
- Environmental Science
- 1 July 2000
Chemical mediation and niche partitioning in non-pollinating fig-wasp communities.
- M. Proffit, B. Schatz, R. Borges, M. Hossaert-McKey
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Animal Ecology
- 1 March 2007
Results demonstrated that the pattern of oviposition results from the utilization of volatile signals produced by figs that vary in their composition at different stages of fig development, and suggests hypotheses to explain coexistence in other parasite communities.
Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees II: adaptations of eyes and ocelli to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles
- H. Somanathan, A. Kelber, R. Borges, R. Wallén, E. Warrant
- BiologyJournal of Comparative Physiology
- 11 April 2009
The anatomy and optics of the apposition eyes and the ocelli of the nocturnal carpenter bee, Xylocopa tranquebarica, are compared with two sympatric species, the strictly diurnal X. leucothorax and the occasionally crepuscular X. tenuiscapa.
When should fig fruit produce volatiles? Pattern in a ripening process
- R. Borges, Y. Ranganathan, A. Krishnan, M. Ghara, G. Pramanik
- Biology
- 1 November 2011
Comparative life‐history traits in a fig wasp community: implications for community structure
Life‐history traits of a seven‐member community of galler and parasitoid fig wasp species, developing within the inflorescences of Ficus racemosa in India, were determined and used to examine community structure and ecology.
Resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the Asian honeybees Apis florea, Apis cerana and Apis dorsata
- H. Somanathan, E. Warrant, R. Borges, R. Wallén, A. Kelber
- BiologyJournal of Experimental Biology
- 1 August 2009
The anatomical spatial resolution and absolute sensitivity of the eyes of three sympatric species of Asian honeybees, Apis cerana, Ap is florea and Apis dorsata, are studied and it is assumed that additional neuronal adaptations, as has been proposed for A. mellifera, might exist in A. dorsata.
Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees I: Light intensities and flight activity
- H. Somanathan, R. Borges, E. Warrant, A. Kelber
- Biology, Environmental ScienceJournal of Comparative Physiology
- 2007
It is hypothesised that additional adaptations must confer extreme nocturnality in X. tranquebarica, the only truly nocturnal bee known so far and compared with other known diurnal and dim-light bees.
Ant–plant conflicts and a novel case of castration parasitism in a myrmecophyte
- L. Gaume, M. Zacharias, R. Borges
- Environmental Science
- 1 March 2005
This study tracks insect and extrafloral nectar activity on inflorescences of several trees over a 24 h cycle and studies the behaviour of ants towards the reproductive apparatus of the flowers, finding that this plant-ant has a negative impact on fruit production in H. brunonis.
How to be a fig wasp parasite on the fig-fig wasp mutualism.
- R. Borges
- BiologyCurrent Opinion in Insect Science
- 1 April 2015
Fine‐scale Population Genetic Structure of Two Dioecious Indian Keystone Species, Ficus hispida and Ficus exasperata (Moraceae)
- S. A. Dev, F. Kjellberg, M. Hossaert-McKey, R. Borges
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 1 May 2011
The regression slopes between genetic relationship coefficients (fij) and spatial distances were significantly negative in both species indicating that, on average, individuals in close spatial proximity were more likely to be related than individuals further apart, suggesting immigrant gene flow.
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