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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: Olivier Roux, Régis Céréghino, Pascal J Solano, Alain Dejean
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Acceso en liña:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3105098?pdf=render
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