Selection for protection in an ant–plant mutualism: host sanctions, host modularity, and the principal–agent game

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2006-03-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2005.3273PMID 16537131PMCID PMC1560058
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