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Mass sterilization of a common palm species by elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Chronic herbivory by elephants rarely eliminates any species of woody savanna plants because these plants are typically vigorous basal resprouters after damage by fire or herbivory. In some instances, resprouting after elephant herbivory even increases stem numbers per unit area compared to protecte...

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Autores principales: Midgley, Jeremy J., Coetzee, Bernard W. T., Tye, Donovan, Kruger, Laurence M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32678201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68679-8