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Including both mean fit and variance coverage as joint diagnostics, reveals mean\u2013variance trade\u2010offs across mechanisms. Although the worked example is parameterized for\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>F. racemosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    in this study, figsimR is not restricted to a single\n                    <jats:italic>Ficus<\/jats:italic>\n                    species. Users can adapt the framework to other\n                    <jats:italic>Ficus<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2013fig wasp systems by supplying necessary biological parameters. figsimR, therefore, provides a reproducible and extensible tool for evaluating how far known biological mechanisms can explain observed community properties.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.74018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,21]],"date-time":"2026-07-21T03:30:03Z","timestamp":1784604603000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["<i>figsimR<\/i>\n                    : An R Package for Simulating Fig\u2013Wasp Community Dynamics"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1119-2063","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yiyi","family":"Dong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities  Duyun China"},{"name":"School of Forest, Fisheries, &amp; Geomatics Sciences University of Florida  Gainesville Florida USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6621-9409","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simon T.","family":"Segar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agriculture and Environment Department Harper Adams University  Newport UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4244-573X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qingbei","family":"Weng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities  Duyun China"},{"name":"School of Life Sciences Guizhou Normal University  Guiyang China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0030\u20101299.2008.16644.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1541\u20100420.2005.00440.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/1365\u20102656.13701"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","article-title":"Geographic Variation of Fig Wasp Communities in \n                     Ficus racemosa\n                   Between Xishuangbanna (China) and Mandalay (Myanmar)","volume":"36","author":"Aung K. 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