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Community Structure and Undescribed Species Diversity in Non-Pollinating Fig Wasps Associated with the Strangler Fig Ficus petiolaris

  • 1. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011,
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742,
  • 3. Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, and

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Satler, Jordan D., Bernhard, Kristen K., Stireman Iii, John O., Machado, Carlos A., Houston, Derek D., Nason, John D. (2020): Community Structure and Undescribed Species Diversity in Non-Pollinating Fig Wasps Associated with the Strangler Fig Ficus petiolaris. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (2), No. 3: 1-13, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixaa005

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