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Frugivore-mediated selection on fruit and seed size: birds and St. Lucie's cherry, Prunus mahaleb
Frugivorous birds consumed >75% of the ripe fruits of a Prunus mahaleb population in southeastern Spain, but only half of the seed crop was successfully removed from parent plants by legitimate seed dispersers. For two consecutive years, I studied the sign and magnitude of phenotypic selection ex...
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| description | Frugivorous birds consumed >75% of the ripe fruits of a Prunus mahaleb population in southeastern Spain, but only half of the seed crop was successfully removed from parent plants by legitimate seed dispersers. For two consecutive years, I studied the sign and magnitude of phenotypic selection exerted by frugivorous birds on fruit size and seed mass, two key traits in this mutualistic plant-seed disperser interaction. Individual plants showed extensive phenotypic variation in these traits, but among-individual variation accounted for |
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| subjects | Animal and plant ecology ANIMAL SALVAJE ANIMAL SAUVAGE Animal, plant and microbial ecology Autoecology Aves Behavior Biological and medical sciences BIRDS BUSQUEDA DE ALIMENTO DIMENSION DIMENSIONS DISEMINACION DE SEMILLAS Dispersal DISSEMINATION DES GRAINES Ecological genetics Ecology Ecosystems Environmental aspects ESPAGNE ESPANA Evolution Fecundity FENOTIPOS FORAGING Frugivores frugivorous birds Fruit crops fruit size FRUITS FRUTAS Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology FURGIVOROUS BIRDS GROSSEUR DES SEMENCES MUTUALISM Mutualism (Biology) OISEAU PAJAROS PHENOTYPE PHENOTYPES phenotypic selection Phenotypic traits Plants Plants and fungi PRUNUS Prunus mahaleb RECHERCHE DE NOURRITURE SEED DISPERSAL seed mass SEED SIZE Seeds SELECCION SELECTION SIMBIOSIS SPAIN SYMBIOSE SYMBIOSIS TAMANO DE LA SEMILLA WILD ANIMALS |
| title | Frugivore-mediated selection on fruit and seed size: birds and St. Lucie's cherry, Prunus mahaleb |
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