The structure of insect communities and the ecological characteri-stics of the functional groups in syconia of three fig trees species in Xishuangbanna,China
Abstract:Ficus semicordata B.Ham. ex J, E. Sm.、 Ficus oligodon Miq. 、 F.hispida Linn. are the most common species in tropical seasonal rainforests and secondary forests of Xishuangbanna. Inside and outside those species syconium, there are some insects functional groups of depending on figs, which can be classified into such colonies: pollination fig wasps, parasitic gall makers of fig ovaries, parasites and super parasites of other wasps, corroding and eating figs groups, natural enemy groups of preying ...