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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Karl J. Niklas
Karl J. Niklas*
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Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Modeling Branching Patterns in Early Land Plants
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Paleobiology , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , Winter 1984 , pp. 117 - 120
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