Host Plant Use by Competing Acacia-Ants: Mutualists Monopolize While Parasites Share Hosts

Protective ant-plant mutualisms that are exploited by non-defending parasitic ants represent prominent model systems for ecology and evolutionary biology. The mutualist Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus is an obligate plant-ant and fully depends on acacias for nesting space and food. The parasite Pseudomyrme...

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Autores principales: Kautz, Stefanie, Ballhorn, Daniel J., Kroiss, Johannes, Pauls, Steffen U., Moreau, Corrie S., Eilmus, Sascha, Strohm, Erhard, Heil, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22662191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037691

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22662191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037691

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