Fracture toughness of horns and a reinterpretation of the horning behaviour of bovids
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- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 213 (4) , 621-639
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1987.tb03730.x
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