On the reliability of visual communication in vertebrate-dispersed fruits

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 277-286

  Cazetta, Eliana ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^a   Rezende, Enrico L ^b   Schaefer, Hinrich Martin ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Frugivory; Fruit colour; Morphology; Nutrients; Plant animal interactions; Reproductive ecology; Seed dispersal; Signal theory; Visual cue

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; CARBOHYDRATE; COLOR MORPH; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PROTEIN; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL CUE;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

EID: 83455260000     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01901.x     Document Type: Article

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