Sanctions and mutualism stability: when should less beneficial mutualists be tolerated?

By Stuart A. West, E. Kiers, I. Pen, R. F. Denison. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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The Evolution of Mutualistic Dependence (2020, background): “Similarly, some plants secrete caffeine in floral nectar; this has been shown to enhance the pollinator’s memory of the plant’s floral scent, leading to increased fidelity (Wright et al. 2013).”
Sixteen common misconceptions about the evolution of cooperation in humans (2011, background): “This has proven particularly useful for dealing with issues such as different forms of dispersal in spatially structured populations (West et al., 2002a).”
The evolutionary implications of exploitation in mycorrhizas (2004, background): “Filtering mechanisms can have a physiological basis, such as where plants control root-nodule senescence depending upon nitrogen-fixing potential of the nodule, which would allow them to filter exploitative nonfixing rhizobia ( West et al. 2002; Denison et al. 2003).”
Measured sanctions: Legume hosts detect quantitative variation in rhizobium cooperation and punish accordingly (2006, background): “We previously predicted that increasing nitrogenous fertilizer would favour the evolution of rhizobia with lower N2 fixation (West et al., 2002a).”
Mediating mutualisms: farm management practices and evolutionary changes in symbiont co-operation (2002, background): “…Ecological Society, Journal of Applied Ecology , 39 , 745–754 sanctions hypothesized to constrain the evolution of rhizobial parasitism, high inoculum densities could increase the absolute reproductive success of less effective rhizobia (Denison 2000; West, Pen & Griffin 2002; West et al 2002).”
Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism (2003, background): “One possible solution is selection imposed by hosts rewarding cooperation or punishing less cooperative behaviou”