Restricting mutualistic partners to enforce trade reliance

Mutualistic interactions involve trading benefits between cooperative species. Here, the authors show that restricting the resource acquisition of a mutualistic partner can increase mutualism by promoting resource trade, which suggests that conflict may lead to increased cooperation.

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Main Authors: Gregory A. K. Wyatt, E. Toby Kiers, Andy Gardner, Stuart A. West
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1a6c712235ba4324a1d0d4433987500e
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