Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on September 06, 2016

Authors

Tristan Charles-Dominique1, T Jonathan Davies2, Gareth P Hempson3, Bezeng S Bezeng4, T Jonathan Davies5,6, Ronny M Kabongo4, Olivier Maurin4, A Muthama Muasya7, Michelle van der Bank4, William J Bond8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa; tristancd1@gmail.com william.bond@uct.ac.za.
2: African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa; Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G4 Canada;
3: School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa;
4: African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa;
5: Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 ave Docteur Penfield, Montreal, H3A 0G4, Quebec, Canada.
6: African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
7: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa;
8: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; South African Environmental Observation Network, National Research Foundation, Claremont 7735, South Africa tristancd1@gmail.com william.bond@uct.ac.za.

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