Niche construction initiates the evolution of mutualistic interactions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1257-1264

  Buser, Claudia C ^a   Newcomb, Richard D ^a,b   Gaskett, Anne C ^a   Goddard, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attraction; Drosophila simulans; Ecosystem engineering; Mutualism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Volatiles; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYMBIOSIS; VITIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENETIC FITNESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYMBIOSIS; VITIS;

EID: 84908300430     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12331     Document Type: Article

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