Phenology of vertebrate removal ofMyoporum accuminatum fruits in a Queensland forest |
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| Authors: | Mary F Willson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, University of Illinois, Shelford Vivarium, 606 E. Healey St., 61820 Champaign, Illinois, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary Fruit removal rates ofMyoporum acuminatum in a Queensland population were correlated with size of the ripe fruit crop throughout the season, but only sporadically correlated with nutritive contents of the fruits. Removal rates, as a proportion of crop size, varied synchronously among individuals and did not differ consistently among individuals with differing fruit traits. The principal avian consumer wasMeliphaga lewinii. |
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| Keywords: | Avian frugivory diffuse coevolution fruit composition fruit crop size fruit removal mutualism Myoporum acuminatum phenology Queensland |
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