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Generalized mutualisms promote range expansion in both plant and ant partners.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 13 Sept 2023
Nathan Pooja, Economo Evan P, Guénard Benoit, Simonsen Anna K, Frederickson Megan E
Abstract excerpt
Mutualism improves organismal fitness, but strong dependence on another species can also limit a species' ability to thrive in a new range if its partner is absent. We assembled a large, global dataset on mutualistic traits and species ranges to investigate how multiple plant-animal and plant-microbe mutualisms affect the spread of legumes and ants to novel ranges. We found that generalized mutualisms increase...
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