Fitness costs for fig wasps that fail to pollinate their host Ficus perforata
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DOI: 10.1007/s13199-021-00781-5
Abstract: Mutualisms are of fundamental ecological importance, but risk breaking down if one partner stops paying the costs yet still takes the benefits of the interaction. To prevent such cheating, many mutualisms have mechanisms that lower… read more here.
Keywords: pollinate; fitness costs; fig wasps; host sanctions ... See more keywords