Landscape degradation may contribute to large-scale die-offs of Euphorbia ingens in South Africa
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a Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa b College of Forestry and Conservation, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, United States c Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, FABI, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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