Why are young leaves red

By N. Dominy, P. Lucas, L. Ramsden, P. Riba-Hernández, K. Stoner, I. Turner. 2002

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Aposematic (Warning) Coloration in Plants (2009, unknown): “Young leaves of many tropical trees and shrubs (Richards 1996 ; Dominy et al. 2002 ; Lee 2007) —as well as of many nontropical plants—are red, and later become green, whereas leaves of many woody species in the temperate zones change to yellow and red in autumn (Matile 2000 ; Hoch et al. 2001) .”
Visual ecology of aphids—a critical review on the role of colours in host finding (2007, background): “…vision are so fundamentally different, any classification of colours that is based on human colour vision (e.g., Hamilton and Brown 2001; Archetti and Leather 2005; Dominy et al. 2002) could potentially be misleading when discussing possible effects of colours on insects or any other animals.”
Ecology of Leaf Longevity (2011, background): “Newly emerged leaves often are brightly colored and only become green at full expansion (Dominy et al. 2002).”