Sanctions and mutualism stability: Why do rhizobia fix nitrogen?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1492, 2002, Pages 685-694

  West, Stuart A ^a   Kiers, E Toby ^a   Simms, Ellen L ^a   Denison, R Ford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Kin selection; Mycorrhizae; Parasite; Symbiosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COEVOLUTION; COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 41049083079     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1878     Document Type: Article

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