Colour and odour drive fruit selection and seed dispersal by mouse lemurs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Valenta, Kim ^a   Burke, Ryan J ^a   Styler, Sarah A ^a   Jackson, Derek A ^a   Melin, Amanda D ^b   Lehman, Shawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal Behaviour; Animal Physiology; Behavioural Ecology; Coevolution; Subject Areas

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TASTE; ARTICLE;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; ODORS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TASTE;

EID: 84882782266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02424     Document Type: Article

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