Artigo
On the reliability of visual communication in vertebrate-dispersed fruits
Date
2012-01-01Registration in:
Journal of Ecology. Hoboken: Wiley-blackwell, v. 100, n. 1, p. 277-286, 2012.
0022-0477
10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01901.x
WOS:000298014400025
3431375174670630
Author
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Univ Autonoma Barcelona
Univ Freiburg
Abstract
1. Several fundamental aspects of communication between plants and their mutualists are poorly understood. It remains unclear whether plant signals are accurate and reliable, that is, whether they recruit mutualists by informing them about the nutritional rewards provided by flowers and fleshy fruits.