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Oecologia

Title:		Increased thorn length in Acacia depranolobium -an induced response to browsing
Author(s):		Young TP;
Address:		"Department of Biology, University of Miami, 33124, Coral Gables, FL, USA"
Journal Title:		Oecologia
Year:		1987
Volume:		71
Issue:		3
Page Number:		436 - 438
DOI:		10.1007/BF00378718
ISSN/ISBN:		1432-1939 (Electronic) 0029-8549 (Linking)
Abstract:		"I report here longer thorns induced by large mammal herbivory on the tree Acacia depranolobium. I compared trees that had been browsed by domestic goats to trees protected from goat browsing. Thorns on browsed branches within the reach of goats (<125 cm above the ground) were significantly longer than thorns from higher branches on the same browsed trees, and significantly longer than branches at similar heights on unbrowsed trees. It appears that increased thorn length was an induced response to large mammal herbivory in Acacia depranolobium, both among and within individual trees"
Keywords:		Herbivory Induced defense;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEYoung, T P eng Germany 1987/02/01 Oecologia. 1987 Feb; 71(3):436-438. doi: 10.1007/BF00378718"