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Volume 41, Number 2,
June 1995:
The Yucca Plant and
the Yucca Moth

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the authors

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- mutualism
- coevolution
- a "transparent" system
- yucca moth pollination
- male and female yucca moths
- mark and recapture
- C.V. Riley
- the yucca plant
- yucca flowers
- yucca products
- yucca pods and larval moths
- bailing out of the pods
- old pods
- what we do not know
- what prevents a cheater?
- how did the yucca and yucca moth relationship evolve?
- solving problems
- for additional information

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The Yucca Plant and the Yucca Moth
by Marylee Ramsay and John Richard Schrock


ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Marylee Ramsay earned her masters degree from Emporia State University; she studied the population biology of the yucca and yucca moth--that provides the data for this issue-- and currently teaches in western Kansas.

Dr. John Richard Schrock received his doctorate in entomology from the University of Kansas and is Associate Professor of Biology in the Division of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia KS 66801.



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