Simple Mechanisms of Plant Reproductive Benefits Yield Different Dynamics in Pollination and Seed Dispersal Mutualisms

Theoretical Advances in the Ecology and Evolution of Mutualistic Interactions – Review of a Symposium (SYMP 14) Organized at ESA + CSEE 2022 Joint Meeting

“…Hale demonstrated this approach for pollination and seed dispersal mutualisms, showing that the requirement for outcrossing in plants causes the unique dynamics of Allee effects and bistable coexistence in pollination mutualisms. However, both mutualisms show stable coexistence at high density and destabilizing thresholds at low density when at least one partner is obligate (Hale et al 2022).…”