Spatial structure and interspecific cooperation: Theory and an empirical test using the mycorrhizal mutualism

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Verbruggen, Erik ^a   El Mouden, Claire ^b,c   Jansa, Jan ^d   Akkermans, Geert ^a   Bücking, Heike ^e   West, Stuart A ^c   Kiers, Toby E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Agricultural Sciences   (Switzerland)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Cheaters; Partner choice; Plant benefit; Sanctions; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; TILLAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84859703182     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665032     Document Type: Article

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