Smith, DC 1993: The symbiotic condition. - Symbiosis14(1/2/3): 3-15. [RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 17598] Keywords: MUTUALISM/ PARASITISM/ SYMBIOSIS
Abstract: [General discussion of symbiosis vs. parasitism. "It is concluded that the general nature of the symbiotic condition is better understood if it is regarded primarily as a situation in which a host is exploiting a symbiont. The extent to which symbionts can be considered unequivocally and simultaneously to exploit their hosts varies greatly between different types of association, so that such 'mutualistic' aspects should be assigned only minor or secondary significance in considering the general phenomenon of symbiosis."]