Effects of natural and simulated herbivory on spine lengths of Acacia drepanolobium in Kenya

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Young, Truman P ^a,b   Stanton, Maureen L ^a,b   Christian, Caroline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; TREE;

KENYA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; FORMICIDAE; GIRAFFIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037906593     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12067.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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