Swarm Ecology
layer 3 · theory

journal article · Ecology: energetics, niches & interactions

Pathways to mutualism breakdown

J. L. Sachs, E. L. Simms · 2006

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

A review of the pathways by which mutualisms break down. The companion cites its finding that mutualisms more often end in abandonment than in parasitism. For an agent, abandonment means leaving its principal's control altogether, the passage that the thresholds of §5 measure.

Cited in
the companion paper (Companion §4)
Used for
Food web (mutualism); thresholds
Strand
Ecology: energetics, niches & interactions · Parasitism, mutualism & cheating

Cite

@article{sachs2006pathways,
  title = {Pathways to mutualism breakdown},
  author = {J. L. Sachs and E. L. Simms},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Trends in Ecology & Evolution},
  doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2006.06.018},
}