Signal and reward in wild fleshy fruits: Does fruit scent predict nutrient content?

Volume: 9, Issue: 18, Pages: 10534 - 10543
Published: Aug 22, 2019
Abstract
Plant species with fleshy fruits offer animals rewards such as sugar, protein, and fat, to feed on their fruits and disperse their seeds. They have also evolved visual and olfactory signals indicating their presence and ripeness. In some systems, fruit color serves as a reliable visual signal of nutrient content. Yet even though many volatile chemicals used as olfactory signals derive from nutrients animals seek, it is still unknown whether...
Paper Details
Title
Signal and reward in wild fleshy fruits: Does fruit scent predict nutrient content?
Published Date
Aug 22, 2019
Volume
9
Issue
18
Pages
10534 - 10543
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