On the strength of herbaceous vascular plant stems

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-44

  Schulgasser, K ^a   Witztum, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Plant stems; Stelar types; Stem bending

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030838962     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0404     Document Type: Article

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