Figure 1.
The internal organization of male figs of F. hirta at the stages when they are entered by foundress fig wasps and when the next generation of fig wasps are almost ready to emerge.
(a). B phase male fig of F. hirta showing (A) the ostiole through while Valisia javana females enter the fig to oviposit and (B) the small female flowers, with short styles, through which the fig wasp lays her eggs. Male flowers are tiny at this time. (b). Late C phase male fig of F. hirta showing (C) the fig wall, (D) mature male flowers clustered at the base of the ostiole and (E) galled ovules containing fig wasp pupae.
Figure 2.
Style length variation in B phase male figs of F. hirta, compared with the much greater variation in style lengths exhibited during B phase in a monoecious Ficus species (F. burtt-davyi).
Figure 3.
The relationship between pollinator and NPFW numbers in figs of F. hirta.
Table 1.
The fig wasps in 107 Ficus hirta figs at SCBG.
Figure 4.
The numbers of male V. javana present in figs of F. hirta.
(a) Figs with NPFW absent (n = 34 figs) or (b) present (n = 71 figs).
Table 2.
Valisia javana abundance and sex ratios (proportion males) in figs with and without NPFW (two figs without V. javana are excluded).
Figure 5.
Variation in V. javana sex ratios (proportion males).
(a) 34 figs where NPFW were absent and (b) 71 figs where NPFW were present.
Table 3.
The relationship between NPFW abundance and numbers and sex ratios of pollinators in 107 figs of F. hirta (Spearman rank correlations).
Table 4.
The size of late C phase ovules containing F. hirta pollinators or NPFW and the lengths of their pedicels compared with those of flowers that had not been galled.
Figure 6.
The contents of galled ovules in relation to their position within F. hirta figs.
Longer ovary positions were closer to the centre of the figs.
Table 5.
The positions of ovules containing pollinators or NPFW in F. hirta figs.
Table 6.
The contents of ovules in relation to their position in F. hirta figs.