Fruit scent as an honest signal for fruit quality
Abstract Background Fleshy fruits evolved to be attractive to seed dispersers through various signals such as color and scent. Signals can evolve through different trajectories and have various degrees of reliability. The strongest substrate on which reliable signals can evolve is when there is an i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02064-z |