Why are some fruits toxic? Glycoalkaloids in Solanum and fruit choice by vertebrates

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 782-798

  Cipollini, Martin L ^a,b   Levey, Douglas J ^a  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal compounds; Antiherbivore compounds; Chemical defenses; Fruit pulp nutrients; Fruit seed disperser interactions; Secondary plant metabolites; Seed dispersal; Solanum americanum; Solanum carolinense

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; FRUGIVORY; GLYCOALKALOID;

EID: 0030616840     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2266058     Document Type: Article

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