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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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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 |