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Vector-virus mutualism accelerates population increase of an invasive whitefly.
PloS one - 31 Jan 2007
Jiu Min, Zhou Xue-Ping, Tong Lin, Xu Jing, Yang Xiao, Wan Fang-Hao, Liu Shu-Sheng
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The relationships between plant viruses, their herbivore vectors and host plants can be beneficial, neutral, or antagonistic, depending on the species involved. This variation in relationships may affect the process of biological invasion and the displacement of indigenous species by invaders when the invasive and indigenous organisms occur with niche overlap but differ in the interactions. The notorious invasive...
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