Costs and benefits of capsaicin-mediated control of gut retention in dispersers of wild chilies

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a   Levey, Douglas J ^b   Huizinga, Meribeth ^c   Haak, David C ^a   Traveset, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capsaicin capsaicinoids; Capsicum annuum; Capsicum chacoense; Chilies; Elaenia parvirostris; Frugivory; Fruit secondary metabolites; Fruit frugivore interactions; Gut retention; Scarification; Seed germination; Toxostoma curvirostre

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GERMINATION; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GERMINATION; SEEDS;

ARIZONA; BOLIVIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM CHACOENSE; ELAENIA; ELAENIA PARVIROSTRIS; MIMIDAE; TOXOSTOMA CURVIROSTRE;

EID: 40449099910     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0445.1     Document Type: Article

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