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Benefits for Plants in Ant-Plant Protective Mutualisms: A Meta-Analysis

Costs and benefits for partners in mutualistic interactions can vary greatly, but surprisingly little is known about the factors that drive this variation across systems. We conducted a meta-analysis of ant-plant protective mutualisms to quantify the effects of ant defenders on plant reproductive ou...

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Autores principales: Trager, Matthew D., Bhotika, Smriti, Hostetler, Jeffrey A., Andrade, Gilda V., Rodriguez-Cabal, Mariano A., McKeon, C. Seabird, Osenberg, Craig W., Bolker, Benjamin M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21203550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014308