Reply to Kiers et al.: Economic and biological clarity in the theory of mutualism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Weyl, E Glen ^a   Frederickson, Megan E ^e   Yu, Douglas W ^c,d   Piercee, Naomi E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

COST; ECONOMICS; EGG LAYING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOWER; HOST; LEGUME; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PARTNER FIDELITY FEEDBACK; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; SHOOT; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79551628478     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015734108     Document Type: Letter

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