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

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2016-09-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1607493113PMID 27601649PMCID PMC5035896
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