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    Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit. Mutualism is a common type of ecological...
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  • Look up mutualism or mutualistic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mutualism may refer to: Mutualism (biology), positive interactions between species...
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    Ant–fungus mutualism is a symbiosis seen between certain ant and fungal species, in which ants actively cultivate fungus much like humans farm crops as...
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    Boucher, Douglas H., ed. (1985). "The Idea of Mutualism, Past and Future". The Biology of Mutualism: Ecology and Evolution. Croom Helm. p. 17. ISBN 9780709932383...
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    authors prefer to use the terms "cooperation" or "mutualism". Protocooperation is a form of mutualism, but the cooperating species do not depend on each...
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  • Obligate mutualism is a special case of mutualism where an ecological interaction between species mutually benefits each other, and one or all species...
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  • Trophic mutualism is a key type of ecological mutualism. Specifically, "trophic mutualism" refers to the transfer of energy and nutrients between two...
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    Myrmecophily (category Mutualism (biology))
    of mutualism between ants and acacias in Central America," Evolution, vol. 20, 1966, pp. 249-275. Janzen, Daniel H. (1966). "Coevolution of Mutualism Between...
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  • facultative mutualism, where two mutualistic partners both benefit from the mutualism, but can theoretically survive in each other's absence. Mutualisms are remarkably...
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  • Acacia-ant symbiosis (category Mutualism (biology))
    herbivores in return, hence mutualism; the others provide inadequate protection or none at all, hence weaker or non-mutualism. Facultative (non-obligate)...
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  • and Mutual Aid: Canada's gift of $4 billion to Britain in the Second World War Mutualism (biology), a concept of biological interaction Mutualism (economic...
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  • communicate and cooperate to perform a wide range of behaviors. Mutualism, or mutually beneficial interactions between species, is common in ecological...
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  • multiresistance – muscle – mutagen – mutation – mutational meltdown – Mutualism (biology) – mycology – myosin NAD – NADH – NADPH – natural environment – natural...
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    Myrmecophyte (category Mutualism (biology))
    In obligate mutualisms, the organisms involved are interdependent; they cannot survive on their own. An example of this type of mutualism can be found...
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    Cleaning symbiosis (category Mutualism (biology))
    essentially pure mutualism, increasing the fitness of both individuals. Others such as Robert Trivers hold that it illustrates mutual selfishness, reciprocal...
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  • Seed dispersal syndrome (category Mutualism (biology))
    Seed dispersal syndromes are morphological characters of seeds correlated to particular seed dispersal agents. Dispersal is the event by which individuals...
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    Myrmecophily in Staphylinidae (category Mutualism (biology))
    Many species of Staphylinidae (commonly known as "rove beetles") have developed complex interspecies relationships with ants, known as myrmecophily. Rove...
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    Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single,...
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    1971). "The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 46 (1): 35–57. doi:10.1086/406755. ISSN 0033-5770. S2CID 19027999. Axelrod...
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    closely. Any initial benefit is thus to the mimic, and there is no implied mutualism, as there would be with Müller's original convergence theory. However...
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    Myrmecochory (category Mutualism (biology))
    multiple flowering plant lineages. Myrmecochory is usually classified as a mutualism, but this is contingent on the degree to which participating species benefit...
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  • "life." Commensalism – Beneficial symbiosis between species Mutualism (biology) – Mutually beneficial interaction between species Symbiosis – Close, long-term...
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    Mycorrhiza helper bacteria (category Mutualism (biology))
    on sorghum plants grown in soil amended with chitin of brawn scales". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 32 (5): 401–409. doi:10.1007/s003740000269. Franco-Correa...
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    Symbiosis (redirect from Mutual dependence)
    result from mutualism between coral organisms and various algae living inside them. Most land plants and land ecosystems rely on mutualism between the...
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    Symphiles (category Mutualism (biology))
    Symphiles are insects or other organisms which live as welcome guests in the nest of a social insect (such as the ant, myrmecophily, or termite, termitophily)...
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    Pollination network (category Mutualism (biology))
    smallest of all worlds: Pollination networks" (PDF). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 240 (2): 270–276. Bibcode:2006JThBi.240..270O. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.420.883...
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    hdl:10150/647640. ISSN 0022-0477. Judith Bronstein's Lab Website "Mutualism 101" Lecture for the General Public Mutualism book edited by Judith Bronstein...
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    interaction force (competition/mutualism) or effect of individual fitness, according the stress gradient hypothesis and Mutualism Parasitism Continuum. Evolutionary...
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  • Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells. All living organisms...
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    Trophobiosis (category Mutualism (biology))
    will also carry a seed mealybug during the mating flight. Ant–fungus mutualism Trophallaxis Delabie, J. H. C. (2001). "Trophobiosis Between Formicidae...
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