Fruit of a contrasting colour is more detectable by frugivores

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-322

  Melo, Geruza Leal ^a   Penatti, Natasha Costa ^a   Raizer, Josué ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

artificial fruit; birds; contrast hypothesis; dispersal; Pantanal; resource conspicuousness

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COLOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HABITAT QUALITY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; ZOOCHORY;

AVES;

EID: 80054989556     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000775     Document Type: Article

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