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Thorn-like prickles and heterophylly in Cyanea: adaptations to extinct avian browsers on Hawaii?

The evolution of thorn-like structures in plants on oceanic islands that lack mammalian and reptilian herbivores is puzzling, as is their tendency toward juvenile-adult leaf dimorphism. We propose that these traits arose in Cyanea (Campanulaceae) on Hawaii as mechanical and visual defenses against h...

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Main Authors: Givnish, T J, Sytsma, K J, Smith, J F, Hahn, W J
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:en
Publicado em: 1994
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC43460/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11607469
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