Density-dependent fitness effects stabilize parasitic hitchhiking within a mutualism - Gupta, Satyajeet; Borges, Renee M. (Functional ecology, 2019)
Keywords: Agaonidae; Animal parasites; animal parasites and pests; Animal reproduction; Breeding success; Density; Density dependence; density‐dependent effects; Dispersal; Dispersion; fig wasps; figs; Fitness; fitness cost; Fruit trees; Host plants; insect flight; Life span; longevity; Mutualism; Nematoda; nematode community; Nematodes; Offspring; Overloading; Parasitic plants; Parasitism; Phoresy; plant parasitic nematodes; Plant reproduction; PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS; Pollination; Pollinators; Predation; progeny; Reproduction; Reproductive fitness; reproductive success; risk; Seeds; Transportation; wasps