Evolutionary stability of mutualism: Interspecific population regulation as an evolutionary stable strategy

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1550, 2004, Pages 1807-1814

  Holland, J Nathaniel ^a   DeAngelis, Donald L ^b   Schultz, Stewart T ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit abortion; Hermaphrodite; Pollination; Population dynamics; Resource trade offs; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; SEX ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; HERMAPHRODITISM; HIGHER PLANT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTII; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SYMBIOSIS; UPIGA VIRESCENS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CACTACEAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTII; UPIGA VIRESCENS;

ANIMALS; CACTACEAE; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 17044431840     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2789     Document Type: Article

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