Evaluation of annual ring width and ring density development following fertilisation and thinning of Scots pine

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 59, Number 1, January-February 2002


Page(s)		29 - 40
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2001003

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