Insect seed predators as novel agents of selection on fruit color

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2153-2160

  Whitney, Kenneth D ^a,b   Stanton, Maureen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia; Acacia ligulata; Australian arid zone; Coleotichus; Fruit color polymorphism; Insect seed predators; Melanterius; Pleiotropic effects; Pre dispersal seed predation; Seed production patterns; Spatially variable selection; Trichilogaster

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FRUIT; SEED PREDATION; SELECTION; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA LIGULATA; ANIMALIA; COLEOTICHUS; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRICHILOGASTER;

EID: 4444366752     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3138     Document Type: Article

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