Why are fruits colorful? The relative importance of achromatic and chromatic contrasts for detection by birds
- 20 October 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Evolutionary Ecology
- Vol. 23 (2), 233-244
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-007-9217-1
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