Costs, Benefits, Parasites and Mutualists: The Use and Abuse of the Mutualism-Parasitism Continuum Concept for Epichloë Fungi
J. A. Newman, S. Gillis, H. A. Hager
The paper argues that strictly vertically transmitted Epichloë fungi should not be classified as parasites or fit on a mutualism-parasitism continuum, using a mathematical model to clarify the requirements for parasitism.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2021Ecology