(American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:578.)
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The staff of the American Journal of Botany wishes to correct an error introduced during the editing process in the cover illustration legend on the title page of the March issue. The last sentence before the author and title information should read:Bats consume the fleshly floral parts surrounding the fruits and disperse the fruits.The authors' original text was erroneously edited to read ". . . and disperse the seeds." The entire legend should read:
Cover Illustration: Artibeus lituratus, the great fruit bat, feeding on the infructescences of Cecropia sp. Species of Artibeus are important dispersers of Cecropia. Morphological and anatomical study has revealed that the dispersal unit of Cecropia is the entire fruit, not just the seed. Bats consume the fleshy floral parts surrounding the fruits and disperse the fruits. See Lobova et al.: Cecropia as a food resource for bats in French Guiana and the significance of fruit structure in seed dispersal and longevity, pp. 388403 in this issue. Photo credit: Merlin D. Tuttle.