Power and temptation cause shifts between exploitation and cooperation in a cleaner wrasse mutualism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1761, 2013, Pages

  Gingins, Simon ^a   Werminghausen, Johanna ^b   Johnstone, Rufus A ^c   Grutter, Alexandra S ^d   Bshary, Redouan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Halichoeres melanurus; Labroides dimidiatus; Mutualism; Parasitism; Partner control

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PERCIFORM;

HALICHOERES MELANURUS; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84892657457     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0553     Document Type: Article

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