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K. C. den Dubbelden, B. Oosterbeek, The Availability of External Support Affects Allocation Patterns and Morphology of Herbaceous Climbing Plants, Functional Ecology, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Aug., 1995), pp. 628-634
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