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Cheating and the evolutionary stability of mutualisms.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Apr 2002

Ferriere Régis, Bronstein Judith L, Rinaldi Sergio, Law Richard, Gauduchon Mathias

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Interspecific mutualisms have been playing a central role in the functioning of all ecosystems since the early history of life. Yet the theory of coevolution of mutualists is virtually nonexistent, by contrast with well-developed coevolutionary theories of competition, predator-prey and host-parasite interactions. This has prevented resolution of a basic puzzle posed by mutualisms: their persistence in spite of...

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PMID: 11958708
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1900
PMCID: PMC1690960

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