Secondary metabolites of fleshy vertebrate-dispersed fruits: Adaptive hypotheses and implications for seed dispersal

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 346-372

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

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE; FLESHY FRUIT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEED DISPERSAL;

SOLANUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030868673     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286069     Document Type: Article

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