Benefits for plants in ant-plant protective mutualisms: a meta-analysis.

Costs and benefits for partners in mutualistic interactions can vary greatly, but surprisingly little is known about the factors that drive this variation across systems. We conducted a meta-analysis of ant-plant protective mutualisms to quantify the effects of ant defenders on plant reproductive ou...

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Main Authors: Matthew D Trager, Smriti Bhotika, Jeffrey A Hostetler, Gilda V Andrade, Mariano A Rodriguez-Cabal, C Seabird McKeon, Craig W Osenberg, Benjamin M Bolker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3008678?pdf=render