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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
卷 27, 期 12, 页码 705-711出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.08.013
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资金
- ESF EUROCORES programme EUROVOL
- NWO TOP [854.10.010]
- ESF Frontiers In Speciation Research (Short Visit Travel Grants) programme (FroSpects4090)
- Conselleria d'Educacio de la Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) Programa VALi+d per a Investigadors en Fase Postdoctoral programme [APOSTD/2010/062]
- NERC [NE/G017638/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/G017638/1] Funding Source: researchfish
There is growing evidence of the importance of microbial mutualistic symbioses in insect plant interactions. Mutualists may affect host plant range and enable insects to manipulate plant physiology for their own benefit. The plant can also be a route for the horizontal transfer of mutualistic microorganisms among their host insects. Where this occurs, selection for improved transmission might cause the insect mutualist to damage the plant and become a plant pathogen. Insect microbial associates can influence ecological communities by changing the way the plant interacts with their hosts' competitors and natural enemies. We review recent research in this field and suggest that insect mutualists may be more important 'hidden players' in insect plant interactions than is currently realised.
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