Coexistence of mutualists and exploiters on spatial landscapes

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 397-413

  Wilson, W G ^a   Morris, W F ^a   Bronstein, J L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Competitive coexistence; Exploitation; Mutualism; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COEXISTENCE; EXPLOITATION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037717293     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0297     Document Type: Article

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