The exploitation of mutualisms

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-287

  Bronstein, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Cooperation; Evolution; Exploitation; Interspecific interactions; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXPLOITATION; MUTUALISM;

EID: 0034994068     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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