Cheaters must prosper: reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on cheating in mutualism.
Jones EI, Afkhami ME, Akçay E, Bronstein JL, Bshary R, Frederickson ME, Heath KD, Hoeksema JD, Ness JH, Pankey MS, Porter SS, Sachs JL, Scharnagl K, Friesen ML.
Jones EI, et al. Among authors: afkhami me.
Ecol Lett. 2015 Nov;18(11):1270-1284. doi: 10.1111/ele.12507. Epub 2015 Sep 21.
Ecol Lett. 2015.
PMID: 26388306
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We describe the development of the cheating concept and distill a relative-fitness-based definition of cheating that encapsulates the evolutionary threat posed by cheating, i.e. that cheaters will spread and erode the benefits of mutualism. ...
We describe the development of the cheating concept and distill a relative-fitness-based definition of cheating that encapsulates the evolut …