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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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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3105098?pdf=render |
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