Are giraffes pollinators or flower predators of Acacia nigrescens in Kruger National Park, South Africa?

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Tropical Ecology

• Publication date

  2006-04-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1017/S0266467405003123
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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