Morphological responses of woody species to simulated twig-browsing in Botswana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-289

  Rooke, Tuulikki ^a   Bergström, Roger ^a,b   Skarpe, Christina ^c   Danell, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acacia tortilis; Colophospermum mopane; Grewia flava; Growth; Herbivory; Peltophorum africanum; Plant herbivore interactions; Spines; Ziziphus mucronata

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; HERBIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; WOODY PLANT;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS; ANIMALIA; COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; GREWIA; MAMMALIA; PELTOPHORUM; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 2542500691     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001226     Document Type: Article

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