Acknowledgments
This work is the result of significant collaboration with many people
including M. Norconk, A. Blackburn, T. Gregory, D. Chakravarthy, O.
Razafindratsima, M. Gompper, A. Albert who shared their data bases on
seed and fruit size; A.-C. Fabre who provided significant conceptual
input and practical help with the statistical analyses. We would like to
thank the people in charge of the collections of the London and Paris
museums: R. Portela-Miguez, C. Bens, G. Veron, and J.-M. Pons for
providing us access to material. This research was supported by the
National Natural History Museum of Paris and by the Research unit
MECADEV CNRS/MNHN of Paris. Field data and R scripts are deposited in
the Dryad Repository.