Foraging by fearful frugivores: Combined effect of fruit ripening and predation risk

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1070-1079

  Fedriani, J M ^a   Boulay, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Fruit ripening; Plant chemical defences; Predation risk; Seed depredation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HERB; PLANT DEFENSE; PREDATION RISK; RIPENING; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; VERATRUM;

EID: 33750684976     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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