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Bicolored display of Miconia albicans fruits: Evaluating visual and physiological functions of fruit colors
(Botanical Soc Amer Inc, 2015-09-01)
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Most bird-dispersed fruits are green when unripe and become colored and conspicuous when ripe, signaling that fruits are ready to be consumed and dispersed. The color pattern for fruits of Miconia ...
Why are fruits colorful? The relative importance of achromatic and chromatic contrasts for detection by birds
(Springer, 2009-03-01)
The colors of fruits and flowers are traditionally viewed as an adaptation to increase the detectability of plant organs to animal vectors. The detectability of visual signals increases with increasing contrasts between ...
Why are fruits colorful? The relative importance of achromatic and chromatic contrasts for detection by birds
(Springer, 2009-03-01)
The colors of fruits and flowers are traditionally viewed as an adaptation to increase the detectability of plant organs to animal vectors. The detectability of visual signals increases with increasing contrasts between ...
Fruit color and contrast in seasonal habitats - a case study from a cerrado savanna
(2013-09-01)
Communication contributes to mediate the interactions between plants and the animals that disperse their genes. As yet, seasonal patterns in plant-animal communication are unknown, even though many habitats display pronounced ...
Fruit color and contrast in seasonal habitats - a case study from a cerrado savanna
(2013-09-01)
Communication contributes to mediate the interactions between plants and the animals that disperse their genes. As yet, seasonal patterns in plant-animal communication are unknown, even though many habitats display pronounced ...
Fallen fruits stimulate decomposition of leaf litter of dominant species in NW Patagonia shrublands
(Springer, 2018-04)
Background and aims: Leaf-litter decomposition rate (kL) regulates nutrient dynamics and is affected at microsite level by species traits, soil biota and microclimate conditions. Fallen fruits form part of the litter and ...
Seed Dispersal Anachronisms: Rethinking the Fruits Extinct Megafauna Ate
(Public Library Science, 2008-03-05)
Background: Some neotropical, fleshy-fruited plants have fruits structurally similar to paleotropical fruits dispersed by megafauna (mammals > 10(3) kg), yet these dispersers were extinct in South America 10-15 Kyr BP. ...