The systematic investigation towards the reaction mechanism showed that it represents a mutualism example applied in organic synthesis, which is similar as the mutually beneficial relationship in ...

In this case, mutualism is broken as an evolutionary solution to avoid extinction. The results of this study have been recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

The fig wasp pollination mutualism is a quintessential example of an obligate ecological interaction, wherein minute pollinator wasps and their Ficus hosts engage in an intricate and enduring co ...

Mutualism Under Pressure: New Research in Panama Shows a Plant’s Ability to Keep Its Defender Ants Happy Scientists discovered that swollen-thorn acacias invested more in ant rewards during a ...

A substantial proportion New York’s forests regenerated following agricultural abandonment around the turn of the 20th century. Many myrmecochorous (ant-dispersed) plant species are lacking in these ...

Punishment enforces 'cooperation' in the fig-wasp mutualism: The exception proves the rule Date: August 4, 2021 Source: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Summary: Mutually beneficial ...

Three species of the genus Piper (P. cenocladum C.DC., P. fimbriulatum C.DC., P. sagittifolium C.DC.) from the wet evergreen forest of Costa Rica are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole in what ...