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Bird fruit preferences match the frequency of fruit colours in tropical Asia
While many factors explain the colour of fleshy fruits, it is thought that black and red fruits are common in part because frugivorous birds prefer these colours. We examined this still controversial hypothesis at a tropical Asian field site, using artificial fruits, fresh fruits, four wild-caught r...
Autores principales: | Duan, Qiong, Goodale, Eben, Quan, Rui-chang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4102077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25033283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05627 |
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