What's so special about figs?

被引:117
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作者
O'Brien, TG [1 ]
Kinnaird, MF
Dierenfeld, ES
Conklin-Brittain, NL
Wrangham, RW
Silver, SC
机构
[1] Wildlife Conservat Soc, Bronx, NY 10460 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Dept Anthropol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Fordham Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Bronx, NY 10460 USA
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D O I
10.1038/33580
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Fruit-eating animals regularly prefer to eat figs even when other food is abundant. We propose that high calcium levels contribute to the desirability of figs as food for many forest animals.
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页码:668 / 668
页数:1
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