Mathematical modeling on obligate mutualism: Interactions between leaf-cutter ants and their fungus garden

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-127

  Kang, Yun ^a   Clark, Rebecca ^b   Makiyama, Michael ^c   Fewell, Jennifer ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Extinction; Functional numerical response; Multiple attractors; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ACROMYRMEX VERSICOLOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMASS; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 80052543761     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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