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African Journal of Range & Forage Science Volume 18, 2001 - Issue 1
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Patterns of thorn length, density, type and colour in African Acacias

JJ Midgley
,
MA Botha
&
D Balfour
Pages 59-61 | Published online: 12 Nov 2009

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Kunpeng Liu, Asyraf Mansor, Nadine Ruppert & Nik Fadzly. (2020) Rattan spines as deterrence? A spinescence study on different species of rattans. Plant Signaling & Behavior 15:10.
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Jeremy J. Midgley, Thomas Sawe, Peter Abanyam, Kidane Hintsa & Paul Gacheru. (2015) Spinescent East African savannah acacias also have thick bark, suggesting they evolved under both an intense fire and herbivory regime. African Journal of Ecology 54:1, pages 118-120.
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T. Charles-Dominique, G. F. Midgley & W. J. Bond. (2015) An index for assessing effectiveness of plant structural defences against mammal browsing. Plant Ecology 216:10, pages 1433-1440.
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