Retaliation in Response to Castration Promotes a Low Level of Virulence in an Ant-Plant Mutualism

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-28

  Malé, Pierre Jean G ^a,b   Ferdy, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Leroy, Céline ^c   Roux, Olivier ^d   Lauth, Jérémie ^e   Avilez, Arthur ^a,b   Dejean, Alain ^a,e   Quilichini, Angélique ^e   Orivel, Jérôme ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d University de Montpellier   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allomerus decemarticulatus; Cheater; Evolutionary conflict; Hirtella physophora; Mutualism breakdown; Overexploitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894354918     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-013-9242-7     Document Type: Article

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