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SUBMITTER: Midgley JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7366642 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Midgley Jeremy J JJ Coetzee Bernard W T BWT Tye Donovan D Kruger Laurence M LM
Scientific reports 20200716 1
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 protected areas. It is thus difficult to know whether an area has been severely degraded by elephant herbivory or not because although trees may be severely reduced in size, they will still be present and may ...[more]