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Rapid evolution of bacterial mutualism in the plant rhizosphere [PDF]
Beneficial plant-microbe interactions are common in nature, but direct evidence for the evolution of mutualism is scarce. Here, Li et al. experimentally evolve a rhizospheric bacterium and find that it can evolve into a mutualist on a relatively short ...
Jiang, Henan +19 more
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First release of data ad scripts from "Fruit odorants mediate co-specialization in a multispecies plant-animal ...
lmdavalos
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The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is an ancient and highly conserved mutualism between plant and fungal symbionts, in which a highly specialized membrane-delimited fungal arbuscule acts as the symbiotic interface for nutrient exchange and ...
Samuel Holland, Ronelle Roth
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Host plant use by competing acacia-ants : mutualists monopolize while parasites share hosts [PDF]
Protective ant-plant mutualisms that are exploited by non-defending parasitic ants represent prominent model systems for ecology and evolutionary biology.
Eilmus, Sascha +40 more
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A potential ant-hemiptera-plant mutualism on Lorostemon coelhoi (Clusiaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Interactions among organisms are important in ecosystem functioning and relevant for the management and conservation of species. Here we report the first record of a potential ant-hemiptera-plant mutualism on Lorostemon coelhoi (Clusiaceae) in Manaus ...
Silvia Larissa FERREIRA-SILVA +4 more
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In many tropical ecosystems, termites are important ecosystem engineers. Mound‐building termite species often contribute to topographical landscape heterogeneity, and the associated accumulation of soil moisture and nutrients affects the spatial ...
B. Wildermuth, J. Oldeland, N. Juergens
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Caterpillars and fungal pathogens: two co-occurring parasites of an ant-plant mutualism [PDF]
In mutualisms, each interacting species obtains resources from its partner that it would obtain less efficiently if alone, and so derives a net fitness benefit.
Solano Pascal J. +12 more
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Ants as flower visitors : floral ant-repellence and the impact of ant scent-marks on pollinator behaviour [PDF]
As flower visitors, ants rarely benefit a plant, commonly disrupting pollination by deterring other flower visitors, or stealing nectar. This thesis examines three aspects of ant-flower interactions, focusing on the occurrence of floral traits that ...
Ballantyne, Gavin
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Evolution of pollination by frugivorous birds in Neotropical Myrtaceae [PDF]
Bird pollination is relatively common in the tropics, and especially in the Americas. In the predominantly Neotropical tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae), species of two genera, Acca and Myrrhinium, offer fleshy, sugary petals to the consumption of birds that ...
María Gabriela Nadra +3 more
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A Seed Dispersal Effectiveness framework across the mutualism-antagonism continuum [PDF]
Many angiosperms rely on vertebrates for seed dispersal via gut passage, an interaction that has been traditionally classified as a mutualism. The seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) framework provides a mechanistic approach to evaluate evolutionary and ...
Ecology and Biodiversity +27 more
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