Ontogenetic colour changes in an insular tree species: Signalling to extinct browsing birds?

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 495-501

  Fadzly, Nik ^a   Jack, Cameron ^a   Schaefer, H Martin ^b   Burns, K C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aposomatic; Birds; Coevolution; Herbivory; New Zealand; Plant defence

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BIRD; COEVOLUTION; COLOR; CRYPSIS; DICOTYLEDON; EXTINCTION; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF LITTER; ONTOGENY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARALIACEAE; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARALIACEAE; BIRDS; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEW ZEALAND; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NECTANDRA CORIACEA; PSEUDOPANAX CRASSIFOLIUS;

EID: 70349522258     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02926.x     Document Type: Article

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