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Host plant use by competing acacia-ants: mutualists monopolize while parasites share hosts.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2012

Kautz Stefanie, Ballhorn Daniel J, Kroiss Johannes, Pauls Steffen U, Moreau Corrie S, Eilmus Sascha, Strohm Erhard, Heil Martin

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Protective ant-plant mutualisms that are exploited by non-defending parasitic ants represent prominent model systems for ecology and evolutionary biology. The mutualist Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus is an obligate plant-ant and fully depends on acacias for nesting space and food. The parasite Pseudomy...

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PMID: 22662191
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037691
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