Outside, only the higher branches of the acacias were touched by the setting sun.
The little pond of which I have spoken at the head of the pass, had near it a beautiful clump of acacias of a species entirely new to us.
Then I caught a glimpse of gold from the laburnums, of purple from the lilacs, of white from the sweet acacia trees.
They are principally bounded with various trees of the pine tribe, intermingled with laurel and acacia.
Conversely, when graze is limited there will be higher utilization of acacias by elephants but also fires of low intensity.
There were more understorey beetles in the acacia plantation, which has more ground cover, compared with the oil palm plantation (see figs 4 and 8b).
These observations support the hypothesis that the anti-herbivore defences of acacia are primarily directed against large mammalian herbivores, rendering the foliage highly palatable to arthropods.
