Ecology of the fruit-colour polymorphism in Rubus spectabilis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-345

  Traveset, Anna ^a   Willson, Mary F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian seed dispersal; Colour preferences; Fruit polymorphism; Seed germination; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

COLOUR POLYMORPHISM; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT COLOUR;

USA, ALASKA;

RUBUS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0031981504     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006504317585     Document Type: Article

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