Fig Trees and Humans

<p> Humans and figs form hybrid communities within the context of anthropogenic landscapes supported by biocultural mutualisms driven by traits of <em>Ficus </em>species and people's imagination and practices and where humans also positively influence Ficus species ecology.<em> Fig Trees and Humans</em> examines the interactions between the biology and ecology of the genus <em>Ficus </em>and how humans use and think of <em>Ficus</em> species across the tropics and in the Mediterranean region. It demonstrates a high level of convergence of material and symbolic uses of human-fig interactions that affect various aspects of human culture as well as the ecology of wild or cultivated <em>Ficus </em>species.</p>