Selection for protection in an ant-plant mutualism: Host sanctions, host modularity, and the principal-agent game

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1586, 2006, Pages 595-602

  Edwards, David P ^a   Hassall, Mark ^a   Sutherland, William J ^a   Yu, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological markets; Cooperation; Host sanctions; Market effects; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SELECTION;

ALLOMERUS OCTOARTICULATUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIA; CORDIA NODOSA; HERBIVORY; HOST SELECTION; LEAF AGE; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SHOOT; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PLANT LEAF;

ALLOMERUS OCTOARTICULATUS; CORDIA NODOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CORDIA; FEMALE; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33645776483     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3273     Document Type: Article

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