Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte.
Mutualisms, or interactions between species that lead to net fitness benefits for each species involved, are stable and ubiquitous in nature mostly due to "byproduct benefits" stemming from the intrinsic traits of one partner that generate an indirect and positive outcome for the other. He...
Main Authors: | Alain Dejean, Jérôme Orivel, Vivien Rossi, Olivier Roux, Jérémie Lauth, Pierre-Jean G Malé, Régis Céréghino, Céline Leroy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597600?pdf=render |
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