Does attraction to frugivores or defense against pathogens shape fruit pulp composition?

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-286

  Cazetta, Eliana ^a   Schaefer, H Martin ^b   Galetti, Mauro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fruit pathogens; Fruit removal; Plant animal interactions; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; PATHOGEN; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39249083887     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0917-6     Document Type: Article

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