Does individual variation in fruit profitability override color differences in avian choice of red or white Ilex serrata fruits?

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Tsujita, Kaori ^a,c   Sakai, Shinjiro ^b   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^a,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

^d ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Color preference; Fruit characteristics; Fruit choice; Plant individual variation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROFITABILITY; SUGAR;

AVES; HYPSIPETES AMAUROTIS; ILEX; ILEX SERRATA; PHOENICURUS AUROREUS; SETOPHAGA; TARSIGER CYANURUS;

EID: 40349087163     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0396-6     Document Type: Article

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