Conspicuousness, not colour as foraging cue in plant–animal signalling

By V. Schmidt, Hans-Christian Schaefer, H. Winkler. 2004

133 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Hans-Christian Schaefer
2. M. Galetti
3. E. Cazetta
4. D. Levey
5. V. Schaefer
6. M. Avery
7. D. Papaj
8. S. Lev-Yadun

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Hans-Christian Schaefer
2. M. Galetti
3. E. Cazetta
4. D. Papaj

Citations in the corpus

• The role of chromatic and achromatic signals for fruit detection by birds (2006, background): “Two recent studies concluded that birds, the largest taxon of seed dispersers, prefer high-contrast over low-contrast fruit signals (Burns and Dalen 2002; Schmidt et al. 2004).”
• Aposematic coloration, luminance contrast, and the benefits of conspicuousness (2007, background): “Insect frugivores attend to luminance contrast in foraging decisions especially when the fruit is red, whereas avian frugivores attend to chromatic contrast (Schmidt et al. 2004).”
• Why are fruits colorful? The relative importance of achromatic and chromatic contrasts for detection by birds (2009, background): “This conclusion is consistent with the generally inconsistent and transient color preferences of most frugivorous birds that are characterized by high inter- and intra-specific variability (Willson et al. 1990; Wilson and Comet 1993; Traveset and Wilson 1998; Schmidt et al. 2004).”
• Birds use fruit colour as honest signal of dietary antioxidant rewards (2008, unknown): “This result challenges the prevailing notion that the increase in fruit pigmentation during ripening is an adaptation to facilitate detection by diurnal seed dispersers (e.g. Kerner 1895; Schmidt et al. 2004).”
• Seed dispersal of fleshy‐fruited invasive plants by birds: contributing factors and management options (2005, background): “Birds have excellent colour vision, and visual signals influence fruit choice (Siitari et al ., 1999; Schmidt et al ., 2004).”