= Tobias Nicolas Rojas
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<Tobias Nicolas Rojas> led a study testing whether combinations of fleshy-<fruit> traits predict the animals that disperse their <seeds>. The researchers measured traits of 134 <species> and compared these with documented <fruit>–disperser interactions. Separating morphological, chemical and visual traits allowed the proposed <seed dispersal syndrome> to be tested as a pattern, rather than assumed from a few familiar examples.<Fleshy fruit traits and seed dispersers: which traits define syndromes? by Tobias Nicolas Rojas and others>[Methods, Fruit traits and Seed dispersers; Results, Fruit trait relationships]{ref}
For example, a strong relationship between <fruit> mass and diameter need not imply equally strong relationships with chemical traits. The study connects field observations to a specific question in <ecology>: how reliably can an interaction partner be inferred from an organism's measured features?
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