NZ has a lot of divaricated plants, as well as species that have a very unpalatable juvenile form of foliage, that changes to more efficient leaves once the tree is above a certain height.
There's a lot of discussion if these were adaptations to browsing by moa.
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NZ has a lot of divaricated plants, as well as species that have a very unpalatable juvenile form of foliage, that changes to more efficient leaves once the tree is above a certain height.
There's a lot of discussion if these were adaptations to browsing by moa.
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio32Tuat-t1-bo...