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SUBMITTER: Nevo O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6170762 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nevo Omer O Valenta Kim K Razafimandimby Diary D Melin Amanda D AD Ayasse Manfred M Chapman Colin A CA
Biology letters 20180926 9
The ecological function of fruit colour has been the focus of many studies. The most commonly tested hypothesis is that fruit colour has evolved to facilitate detection by seed-dispersing animals. We tested whether distributions of fruit colours are consistent with the hypothesis that colour is an evolved signal to seed dispersers using a comparative community approach. We compared the contrast between ripe fruits and leaf backgrounds at two sites, one in Madagascar where seed dispersers are pri ...[more]