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SUBMITTER: Pringle EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3818173 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pringle Elizabeth G EG Akçay Erol E Raab Ted K TK Dirzo Rodolfo R Gordon Deborah M DM
PLoS biology 20131105 11
Abiotic environmental variables strongly affect the outcomes of species interactions. For example, mutualistic interactions between species are often stronger when resources are limited. The effect might be indirect: water stress on plants can lead to carbon stress, which could alter carbon-mediated plant mutualisms. In mutualistic ant-plant symbioses, plants host ant colonies that defend them against herbivores. Here we show that the partners' investments in a widespread ant-plant symbiosis inc ...[more]