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HERBIVORY AND THE MECHANICS OF FRACTURE IN PLANTS
WENDY WRIGHT,
JULIAN F. V. VINCENT,
WENDY WRIGHT
Centre for Biomimetics, University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
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Centre for Biomimetics, University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
Search for more papers by this authorWENDY WRIGHT,
JULIAN F. V. VINCENT,
WENDY WRIGHT
Centre for Biomimetics, University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
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Centre for Biomimetics, University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
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