Bird fruit preferences match the frequency of fruit colours in tropical Asia.
Bird fruit preferences match the frequency of fruit colours in tropical Asia.
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鸟类对水果的偏好与热带亚洲水果颜色的频率相匹配
DOI:
10.1038/srep05627
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发表时间:
2014-07-17
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Quan RC
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文献类型:
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作者:
Duan Q;Goodale E;Quan RC
While many factors explain the colour of fleshy fruits, it is thought that black and red fruits are common in part because frugivorous birds prefer these colours. We examined this still controversial hypothesis at a tropical Asian field site, using artificial fruits, fresh fruits, four wild-caught resident frugivorous bird species and hand-raised naïve birds from three of the same species. We demonstrate that all birds favored red artificial fruits more than yellow, blue, black and green, although the artificial black colour was found subsequently to be similar to the artificial blue colour in its spectral reflectance. Wild-caught birds preferred both black and red fleshy natural fruits, whereas hand-raised naïve birds preferred black to red natural fleshy fruits and to those of other colours. All birds avoided artificial and naturally ripe green fruits. The inter-individual variation in colour choice was low and the preferences were constant over time, supporting the hypothesis that bird colour preferences are a contributing factor driving fruit colour evolution in tropical Asia.
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影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Burns, KC;Dalen, JL
通讯作者:
Dalen, JL
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Schaefer, H. Martin;Schaefer, Veronika;Vorobyev, Misha
通讯作者:
Vorobyev, Misha
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Schaefer, H. Martin;Levey, Douglas J.;Avery, Michael L.
通讯作者:
Avery, Michael L.
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
Puckey, HL;Lill, A;ODowd, DJ
通讯作者:
ODowd, DJ
DOI:
10.1098/rsbl.2004.0191
发表时间:
2004-08-07
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Schaefer, HM;Schmidt, V
通讯作者:
Schmidt, V