Restricting mutualistic partners to enforce trade reliance
Mutualistic interactions involve trading benefits between cooperative species. Here, the authors show that restricting the resource acquisition of a mutualistic partner can increase mutualism by promoting resource trade, which suggests that conflict may lead to increased cooperation.
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10322 |