Cross-kingdom interactions between slime molds and arthropods: a spore dispersal mutualism hypothesis.

Mutualism is found in various cross-kingdom interactions, including plant-animal interactions (Bascompte and Jordano 2007). Plant seed dispersal by animals are well-known mutualistic plant-animal interactions (Bascompte and Jordano 2007), but fungus-eating insects can disperse fungal spores through feces and/or on their body surfaces (e.g., Tuno 1999). Although many studies have investigated the seed dispersal of vascular plants by birds and mammals (Bascompte and Jordano 2007), relatively few studies have reported on propagule dispersal mutualism in other interactions. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2019-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ecy.2702PMID 30919965
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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