Fruit color and contrast in seasonal habitats - a case study from a cerrado savanna

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1335-1342

  Camargo, Maria Gabriela G ^a   Cazetta, Eliana ^b   Schaefer, H Martin ^c   Morellato, L Patrícia C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; CERRADO; COLOR MORPH; DATA SET; FOLIAGE; FRUIT; HABITAT TYPE; RIPENING; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84882653959     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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