Eco-evolutionary dynamics of mutualists and exploiters

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 780-794

  Jones, Emily I ^a,d   Ferrìre, Régis ^a,b,c   Bronstein, Judith L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Coevolution; Coexistence; Competition; Exploitation; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPLOITATION; MUTUALISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; LARVA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDS;

EID: 72449168521     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647971     Document Type: Article

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