Coral and Algae Mutualism In exchange for a home, the algae nourish the coral with nutrients and energy, allowing the coral to grow its skeleton. This bond began more than 210 million years ago, ...

The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

Mutualism, from biology to organic chemistry? Peer-Reviewed Publication Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences ...

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 ...

This interaction is a mutualism. It’s good for the bee and the plant. Sometimes scientists label the type of mutualism. Here are three common ones. Transportation mutualisms help move stuff around.

Our data are consistent with the oscillation model of specialization, and a parallel narrowing of the edaphic, climatic, and mutualistic dimensions of the host species niche. Our findings provide ...

Nathan G. Kiel, Geoffrey R. Griffiths, Gregory G. McGee, Can Disruption of an Ant–Plant Mutualism Explain a Lack of Recovery of Forest Herbs in Post-agricultural Forests of New York?, Northeastern ...