A Role for Parasites in Stabilising the Fig-Pollinator Mutualism

Mutualisms are interspecific interactions in which both players benefit. Explaining their maintenance is problematic, because cheaters should outcompete cooperative conspecifics, leading to mutualism instability. Monoecious figs (Ficus) are pollinated by host-specific wasps (Agaonidae), whose larvae...

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Autores principales: Dunn, Derek W, Segar, Simon T, Ridley, Jo, Chan, Ruth, Crozier, Ross H, Yu, Douglas W, Cook, James M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18336072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060059

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18336072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060059

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