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Partner manipulation stabilises a horizontally transmitted mutualism.

Ecology letters - 1 Feb 2014

Heil Martin, Barajas-Barron Alejandro, Orona-Tamayo Domancar, Wielsch Natalie, Svatos Ales

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Mutualisms require protection from non-reciprocating exploiters. Pseudomyrmex workers that engage in an obligate defensive mutualism with Acacia hosts feed exclusively on the sucrose-free extrafloral nectar (EFN) that is secreted by their hosts, a behaviour linking ant energy supply directly to host performance and thus favouring reciprocating behaviour. We tested the hypothesis that Acacia hosts manipulate this...

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PMID: 24188323
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12215

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