Cheating in mutualism: Defection of Yucca baccata against its yucca moths

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-159

  Bao, Tan ^a   Addicott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cheating; Frequency dependence; Mutualism; Pollination; Seed predation; Yucca moths

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA YUCCASELLA; YUCCA BACCATA;

EID: 0001254532     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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