Fruit size, crop mass, and plant height explain differential fruit choice of primates and birds

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-161

  Flörchinger, Martina ^a   Braun, Julius ^b   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a   Schaefer, H Martin ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food selection; Frugivore; Fruit colour; Nutrients; Seed dispersal syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CROP; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SELECTION; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOL; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SUGAR; TANNIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; KENYA; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BIRDS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; KENYA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMATES;

KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; PRIMATES; ROSIDAE;

EID: 77955767834     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1655-8     Document Type: Article

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