Can the failure to punish promote cheating in mutualism?

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Edwards, David P ^a   Ansell, Felicity A ^a   Woodcock, Paul ^a   Fayle, Tom M ^b   Chey, V K ^c   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

CALAMUS ROTANG; CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; KORTHALSIA;

EID: 72949120586     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17591.x     Document Type: Article

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