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Contrasting Phenological Patterns and Reproductive Strategies in Closely Related Monoecious Fig Tree Species by Cerezini, Monise T, Rattis, Ludmila, Furini, Paulo R, Pereira, Rodrigo A S

“…Understanding the ecological and evolutionary aspects of mutualistic interactions is essential for predicting species responses to environmental changes. This…”
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Convergent structure of multitrophic communities over three continents by Segar, Simon T., Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Compton, Steve G., Cook, James M.

“…Astract Ecological theory predicts that communities using the same resources should have similar structure, but evolutionary constraints on colonisation and…”
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Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism by Wang, Gang, Zhang, Xingtan, Herre, Edward Allen, McKey, Doyle, Machado, Carlos A., Yu, Wen-Bin, Cannon, Charles H., Arnold, Michael L., Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Ming, Ray, Liu, Yi-Fei, Wang, Yibin, Ma, Dongna, Chen, Jin

“…Ficus (figs) and their agaonid wasp pollinators present an ecologically important mutualism that also provides a rich comparative system for studying…”
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Phylogeny and evolution of life-history strategies in the Sycophaginae non-pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) by Cruaud, Astrid, Jabbour-Zahab, Roula, Genson, Gwenaëlle, Kjellberg, Finn, Kobmoo, Noppol, van Noort, Simon, Da-Rong, Yang, Yan-Qiong, Peng, Ubaidillah, Rosichon, Hanson, Paul E, Santos-Mattos, Otilene, Farache, Fernando H A, Pereira, Rodrigo A S, Kerdelhué, Carole, Rasplus, Jean-Yves

“…Non-pollinating Sycophaginae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) form small communities within Urostigma and Sycomorus fig trees. The species show differences in…”
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Measuring the discrepancy between fecundity and lifetime reproductive success in a pollinating fig wasp by Dunn, Derek W., Jansen-González, Sergio, Cook, James M., Yu, Douglas W., Pereira, Rodrigo A. S.

“…Lifetime reproductive success in female insects is often egg‐ or time‐limited. For instance in pro‐ovigenic species, when oviposition sites are abundant,…”
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A comparative venomic fingerprinting approach reveals that galling and non-galling fig wasp species have different venom profiles by Elias, Larissa G, Silva, Denise B, Silva, Ricardo, Peng, Yan-Qiong, Yang, Da-Rong, Lopes, Norberto P, Pereira, Rodrigo A S

“…The galling habit represents a complex type of interaction between insects and plants, ranging from antagonism to mutualism. The obligate pollination mutualism…”
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Exploring systematic biases, rooting methods and morphological evidence to unravel the evolutionary history of the genus Ficus (Moraceae) by Rasplus, Jean‐Yves, Rodriguez, Lillian Jennifer, Sauné, Laure, Peng, Yang‐Qiong, Bain, Anthony, Kjellberg, Finn, Harrison, Rhett D., Pereira, Rodrigo A.S., Ubaidillah, Rosichon, Tollon‐Cordet, Christine, Gautier, Mathieu, Rossi, Jean‐Pierre, Cruaud, Astrid

“…Despite many attempts in the Sanger sequencing era, the phylogeny of fig trees remains unresolved, which limits our ability to analyze the evolution of key…”
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Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae) by Farache, Fernando H A, Cruaud, Astrid, Genson, Gwenaëlle, Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Pereira, Rodrigo A S

“…Sycophaginae is a group of non-pollinating fig wasps considered closely related to the fig pollinators (Agaoninae, Tetrapusiinae, and Kradibiinae) in the most…”
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Comparing species richness among assemblages using sample units: why not use extrapolation methods to standardize different sample sizes? by Melo, Adriano S., Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Santos, Adalberto J., Shepherd, George J., Machado, Glauco, Medeiros, Hermes F., Sawaya, Ricardo J.

“…Comparisons of species richness among assemblages using different sample sizes may produce erroneous conclusions due to the strong positive relationship…”
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Diversity of fig glands is associated with nursery mutualism in fig trees by Souza, Camila D., Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Marinho, Cristina R., Kjellberg, Finn, Teixeira, Simone P.

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Fig trees (Moraceae) have remarkable enclosed inflorescences called figs or syconia. The flowers are pollinated by host-specific fig…”
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The synstigma turns the fig into a large flower by Teixeira, Simone P, Costa, Marina F B, Basso-Alves, João Paulo, Kjellberg, Finn, Pereira, Rodrigo A S

“…Abstract The synstigma is a structure formed by clusters of two to several stigmas, whether in the same or between different flowers. Although rare in…”
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New occurrence of non-pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Ficus microcarpa in Brazil by Farache, Fernando H A(USP Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Depto. de Biologia), Ó, Vanessa T do(USP Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Depto. de Biologia), Pereira, Rodrigo A S(USP Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Depto. de Biologia)

“…Ficus microcarpa is an Asian fig tree that is ornamentally cultivated. The specific pollinator, Eupristina verticillata Waterston, and the non-pollinators…”
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Mortal combat and competition for oviposition sites in female pollinating fig wasps by Dunn, D. W., Jander, K. C., Lamas, A. G., Pereira, R. A. S.

“…Aggressive contests between animals are common but rarely result in death because the benefits of winning a fight rarely exceed the cost of losing. Lethal…”
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The phylogeography of two disjunct Neotropical Ficus (Moraceae) species reveals contrasted histories between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forests by Costa, Priscila C, Lorenz-Lemke, Aline P, Furini, Paulo R, Honorio Coronado, Euridice N, Kjellberg, Finn, Pereira, Rodrigo A S

“…Abstract We investigated spatial genetic structuring in two vicariant Ficus spp. (F. insipida and F. adhatodifolia), occurring in the Amazon Forest and the…”
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A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) by Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Blaimer, Bonnie B., Brady, Seán G., Burks, Roger A., Delvare, Gérard, Fisher, Nicole, Gates, Michael, Gauthier, Nathalie, Gumovsky, Alex V., Hansson, Christer, Heraty, John M., Fusu, Lucian, Nidelet, Sabine, Pereira, Rodrigo A.S., Sauné, Laure, Ubaidillah, Rosichon, Cruaud, Astrid

“…Eulophidae is a hyper-diverse family of chalcidoid wasps with 324 genera, about 5300 described species and probably thousands of others to be described. Until…”
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First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs by Farache, Fernando H. A., Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Azar, Dany, Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Compton, Stephen G.

“…Fig trees and their pollinating fig wasps arose about 75 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Several other groups of chalcid wasps also utilize figs…”
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New records of Paracrias Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) as parasitoids on weevil larvae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Brazil, with the description of a new species by Palmieri, Luciano, Farache, Fernando H. A., Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Hansson, Christer

“…Paracrias strii Schauff, 1985 and P. ceratophaga Palmieri & Hansson sp. nov. are first record in Brazil and both are associated with Ceratopus Schoenherr…”
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fig wasp followers and colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa by Wang, Rong, Aylwin, Robert, Barwell, Louise, Chen, Xiao‐Yong, Chen, Yan, Chou, Lien‐Siang, Cobb, James, Collette, Daniel, Craine, Lamara, Giblin‐Davis, Robin M, Ghana, Salah, Harper, Maximilian, Harrison, Rhett D, McPherson, John R, Peng, Yan‐Qiong, Pereira, Rodrigo A.S, Reyes‐Betancort, Alfredo, Rodriguez, Lillian J.V, Strange, Emily, Noort, Simon, Yang, Hui‐Wen, Yu, Hui, Compton, Stephen G, Schonrogge, Karsten

“…The transportation of plants and insects between countries often has negative consequences, but also provides opportunities to study community processes. Fig…”
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Morphological diversity and function of the stigma in Ficus species (Moraceae) by Teixeira, Simone Pádua, Costa, Marina F.B., Basso-Alves, João Paulo, Kjellberg, Finn, Pereira, Rodrigo A.S.

“…The stigma plays several roles such as pollen hydration and selection, and pollen tube nutrition. In the Ficus-fig wasp mutualism, stigmata have an additional,…”
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Exploring systematic biases, rooting methods and morphological evidence to unravel the evolutionary history of the genus Ficus (Moraceae) by Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Rodriguez, Lillian Jennifer, Sauné, Laure, Peng, Yang-Qiong, Bain, Anthony, Kjellberg, Finn, Harrison, Rhett D, Pereira, Rodrigo A S, Ubaidillah, Rosichon, Tollon-Cordet, Christine, Gautier, Mathieu, Rossi, Jean-Pierre, Cruaud, Astrid

“…Despite many attempts in the Sanger sequencing era, the phylogeny of fig trees remains unresolved, which limits our ability to analyze the evolution of key…”
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