Sweet tooth: Elephants detect fruit sugar levels based on scent alone
Abstract The ability to assess food quality is crucial to all organisms. Fleshy fruits are a major source of nutrients to various animals, and unlike most food sources, have evolved to be attractive and to be consumed by animals to promote seed dispersal. It has recently been established that fruit...
Main Authors: | Omer Nevo, Melissa H. Schmitt, Manfred Ayasse, Kim Valenta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-10-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6777 |
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