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Caterpillars and Fungal Pathogens: Two Co-Occurring Parasites of an Ant-Plant Mutualism

In mutualisms, each interacting species obtains resources from its partner that it would obtain less efficiently if alone, and so derives a net fitness benefit. In exchange for shelter (domatia) and food, mutualistic plant-ants protect their host myrmecophytes from herbivores, encroaching vines and...

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Autores principales: Roux, Olivier, Céréghino, Régis, Solano, Pascal J., Dejean, Alain
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3105098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020538