What's so special about figs?

Timothy G. O'Brien (), Margaret F. Kinnaird (), Ellen S. Dierenfeld (), Nancy L. Conklin-Brittain, Richard W. Wrangham and Scott C. Silver
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Timothy G. O'Brien: Wildlife Conservation Society
Margaret F. Kinnaird: Wildlife Conservation Society
Ellen S. Dierenfeld: Wildlife Conservation Society
Nancy L. Conklin-Brittain: Fordham University
Richard W. Wrangham: Fordham University
Scott C. Silver: Harvard University

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6677, 668-668

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 1998
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