What's so special about figs?

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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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 1998-04, Vol.392 (6677), p.668-668
Hauptverfasser:	O'Brien, Timothy G, Kinnaird, Margaret F, Dierenfeld, Ellen S, Conklin-Brittain, Nancy L, Wrangham, Richard W, Silver, Scott C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Random variables
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/33580