On the reliability of visual communication in vertebrate-dispersed fruits
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2012-01-01
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Cazetta, Eliana [UNESP]
Galetti, Mauro [UNESP]
Rezende, Enrico L.
Schaefer, Hinrich Martin
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Wiley-Blackwell
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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.
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carbohydrates, frugivory, fruit colour, morphology, nutrients, plant-animal interactions, reproductive ecology, seed dispersal, signal theory, visual cue
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Journal of Ecology. Hoboken: Wiley-blackwell, v. 100, n. 1, p. 277-286, 2012.