Previous articleNext article No AccessSecondary Metabolites as Traits of Ripe Fleshy Fruits: A Response to Eriksson and EhrlénMartin L. Cipollini and Douglas J. LeveyMartin L. CipolliniDepartment of Biology, 430 Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia 30149‐0430 Search for more articles by this author and Douglas J. LeveyDepartment of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 Search for more articles by this author Department of Biology, 430 Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia 30149‐0430Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 152, Number 6December 1998 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/286218 Views: 21Total views on this site Citations: 10Citations are reported from Crossref HistoryReceived May 6, 1998Accepted July 14, 1998 Keywordsadaptive hypothesesnonadaptive hypothesesfrugivoryplant secondary chemistryseed dispersalSolanum© 1998 by The University of Chicago.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Susan R. Whitehead, Gerald F. Schneider, Ray Dybzinski, Annika S. Nelson, Mariana Gelambi, Elsa Jos, Noelle G. Beckman Fruits, frugivores, and the evolution of phytochemical diversity, Oikos 2022, no.22 (Jun 2021).https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08332Lauren D. Maynard, Heather L. Slinn, Andrea E. Glassmire, Bernal Matarrita‐Carranza, Craig D. Dodson, Trang T. Nguyen, Megan J. Burroughs, Lee A. Dyer, Christopher S. Jeffrey, Susan R. Whitehead Secondary metabolites in a neotropical shrub: spatiotemporal allocation and role in fruit defense and dispersal, Ecology 101, no.1212 (Oct 2020).https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3192Megan Blanchard, M. Deane Bowers Critical Phenological Events Affect Chemical Defense of Plant Tissues: Iridoid Glycosides in a Woody Shrub, Journal of Chemical Ecology 46, no.22 (Jan 2020): 206–216.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01135-8Christopher T. Martine, Ingrid E. Jordon-Thaden, Angela J. McDonnell, Jason T. Cantley, Daniel S. Hayes, Morgan D. Roche, Emma S. Frawley, Ian S. Gilman, David C. Tank, Feng ZHANG Phylogeny of the Australian Solanum dioicum group using seven nuclear genes, with consideration of Symon’s fruit and seed dispersal hypotheses, PLOS ONE 14, no.44 (Apr 2019): e0207564.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207564Friederike A. Voigt, Nina Farwig, Steven D. Johnson Interactions between the invasive tree Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) and native frugivores in South Africa, Journal of Tropical Ecology 27, no.44 (May 2011): 355–363.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467410000702Katsura Miyazaki, Tomoko Nishida, Shuji Urakawa Weed Monograph 6. Solanum carolinense L., Journal of Weed Science and Technology 56, no.33 (Jan 2011): 154–165.https://doi.org/10.3719/weed.56.154Douglas J. Levey, Joshua J. Tewksbury, Martin L. Cipollini, Tomás A. Carlo A field test of the directed deterrence hypothesis in two species of wild chili, Oecologia 150, no.11 (Aug 2006): 61–68.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-006-0496-yMichael Fenner, Ken Thompson The Ecology of Seeds, 108 (Dec 2009).https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614101H. Martin Schaefer, V. Schmidt, H. Winkler Testing the defence trade-off hypothesis: how contents of nutrients and secondary compounds affect fruit removal, Oikos 102, no.22 (Aug 2003): 318–328.https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11796.xJohn M Ratcliffe, M.Brock Fenton, Bennett G Galef An exception to the rule: common vampire bats do not learn taste aversions, Animal Behaviour 65, no.22 (Feb 2003): 385–389.https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2003.2059