A test of the bicolored fruit display hypothesis: Berry removal with artificial fruit flags

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-33

  Cramer, Jennifer M ^a,b   Cloud, Maria L ^a   Muchhala, Nathan C ^a   Ware, Anastasia E ^a   Smith, Brent H ^a   Bruce Williamson, G ^b  

^a EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicolored fruit display; Fruit flags; Mutualism; Phytolacca; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHYTOLACCA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 0038066586     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3557523     Document Type: Article

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