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How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales

How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1318697756

How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales

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Full title

How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales

Publisher

England: New Phytologist Trust

Journal title

The New phytologist, 2013-04, Vol.198 (2), p.617-629

Language

English

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Publisher

England: New Phytologist Trust

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The colors of fleshy fruits are considered to be a signal to seed-dispersing animals, but their diversity remains poorly understood. Using an avian color space to derive a sensory morphospace for fruit color, we tested four hypotheses of fruit color diversity: fruit colors occupy a limited area of the color space; they are less diverse than flower...

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Full title

How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1318697756

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1318697756

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ISSN

0028-646X

E-ISSN

1469-8137

DOI

10.1111/nph.12157

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