The Strength and Drivers of Bird-Mediated Selection on Fruit Crop Size: A Meta-Analysis

In seed-dispersal mutualisms, the number of fruit a plant displays is a key trait, as it acts as a signal for seed dispersers that entails fruit removal and exportation of reproductive units (fruit crop size hypothesis). Although this hypothesis has gained general acceptance, forces driving the shap...

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Main Authors: Facundo X. Palacio, Mariano Ordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00018/full